Yemenis protest UN peace roadmap

AFP, ADEN: Thousands of Yemenis protested Thursday against a UN plan to end a 19-month conflict between rebels and the government, which the president rejected as “not a map for peace.”
Protesters in Aden rallied against the plan following a call by authorities in the southern city, witnesses said.
“We reject the plan of (UN special envoy Ismail) Ould Cheikh (Ahmed),” read one of the banners carried by demonstrators.
“No to an initiative that legitimises the coup,” said another. President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi rejected on Saturday the envoy’s peace plan, saying it “only opens a door towards more suffering and war”.
Hadi enjoys the backing of a Saudi-led Arab coalition that launched a military campaign in March 2015 after the rebels closed in on his refuge in Aden, forcing him to flee to Riyadh. The contents of the roadmap, which the envoy presented to the rebels on Tuesday, have not been made public.

Yemenis protest UN peace roadmap

AFP, ADEN: Thousands of Yemenis protested Thursday against a UN plan to end a 19-month conflict between rebels and the government, which the president rejected as not a map for peace. Protesters in Aden rallied against the plan following a call by authorities in the southern city, witnesses said. We reject the plan of (UN special envoy Ismail) Ould Cheikh (Ahmed), read one of the banners carried by demonstrators. No to an initiative that legitimises the coup, said another. President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi rejected on Saturday the envoys peace plan, saying it only opens a door towards more suffering and war. Hadi enjoys the backing of a Saudi-led Arab coalition that launched a military campaign in March 2015 after the rebels closed in on his refuge in Aden, forcing him to flee to Riyadh. The contents of the roadmap, which the envoy presented to the rebels on Tuesday, have not been made public.