Yemen President fires PM Ahmed bin Dagher citing negligence

In Yemen, President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has fired Prime Minister Ahmed bin Dagher, accusing him of negligence in running the country. In a decree, the President's office said, Mr Dagher was guilty of poor economic performance and failure to avert a collapse of the currency.

The statement named Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed as the new prime minister. He was



previously the Minister of Public Works and Roads.

 

Yemen has been locked in a war, pitting a Saudi-led coalition backing the Hadi government against Houthi rebels since March 2015. 

The government operates largely from Saudi Arabia because the Yemeni capital of Sanaa remains in rebel hands.