Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has been replaced by a newly formed presidential council in a bid to support UN efforts to end the country's seven-year civil war.
Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has been replaced by a newly formed presidential council in a bid to support UN efforts to end the country's seven-year civil war.
Analysts have called the announcement a"big deal" in the bitter conflict which has been described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. The newly formed eight-member council replaces Hadi, who has been President for a decade since the ousting of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in 2012, as well as Vice President Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar.
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