Yemen: A Glimmer of Hope?

TCS Daily - Yemen: A Glimmer of Hope?

Jane Novak provides an overview of the Yemeni election:

In the midst of a barrage of disheartening news from the Middle East, there’s one bright spot that should hearten cynics, realists and idealists alike. On the Arabian Peninsula, below the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, next to the Sultanate of Oman, there’s a hotly contested presidential election in the republic of Yemen.

Yemen is a kleptocracy where oil wealth vanishes into an un-audited account and corruption pervades nearly all government offices. The majority of Yemenis are suffering from a long neglected water crisis, lack of healthcare, widespread illiteracy, malnutrition, unemployment and poverty. In Yemen, the rich are getting richer, and the poor are sick, hungry and dying.