Mounting US concern over Yemen’s transition


When President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi visited the White House at the beginning of August, he was congratulated by President Barack Obama for his leadership of a national dialogue that was “historic”, “inclusive” and “should lead to elections next year” – praise in keeping with the public tone of US diplomacy towards Sanaa. “I very much want to congratulate him [Hadi] on the strong start that he’s made on the national dialogue,” Obama said in a statement on 1 August. “I think it can produce the kinds of opportunities for growth and prosperity… that I know President Hadi cares so deeply about.”