Yemenis call for south independence

April 28th, 2014

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Yemen’s port city of Mukalla, calling for the independence of the southern parts of the country.

Pro-independence protesters took part in the rally, which was organized by the Southern Movement, on Sunday.

A similar protest was also held in the city of Aden, with security forces preventing the protesters from reaching the main square, according to witnesses.

North and South Yemen unified in 1990 after the southern government collapsed. However, four years later, the south tried to break away and this led to a civil war. The conflict ended with northern troops taking control of the south after winning the war.

“This rally is a message addressed to the world saying that the south is under occupation,” said activist Basser Bakazkuz.

In February, the Yemeni government disclosed a plan to transform the Arab country into a state of six regions.

Politicians in southern Yemen are opposed to the plan. They say four provinces in the north would have more powerful than the two in the south.

The idea of creating a federal system has been a part of Yemen’s political transition, as the country is still reeling from the popular uprising that forced longtime dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh out of office in February 2012.

Yemen’s southern residents complain that they have been economically and politically marginalized by the central government in Sana’a.

The Southern Movement also calls for autonomy or the complete independence of the south.

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