2017 in Yemen

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Events in the year 2017 in Yemen .

Incumbents

• President: Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
• Vice President: Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar
• Prime Minister: Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr

Events

• Ongoing – the Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
• 25 June – The World Health Organization estimates that Yemen has more than 200,000 cases of Cholera. ^[1]
• 14 August – The WHO suspects cholera cases in Yemen hit 500,000 mark. ^[2]

Deaths

Ali Abdullah Saleh

• 14 August – Nearly 2000 people have died since the cholera outbreak began to spread rapidly at the end of April. ^[3]

• 4 December – Ali Abdullah Saleh, politician, President of North Yemen 1978–1990 and President of Yemen 1990–2012 (b. 1947). ^[4]

References

1. "Cholera cases in Yemen now more than 200,000". CBC News. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
2. "Cholera count reaches 500 000 in Yemen". World Health Organization. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
3. McNeil, Donald G. Jr. (2017-08-14). "More Than 500,000 Infected With Cholera in Yemen". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2017-08-17.
4. Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's former leader, killed in Sanaa