2017 in Yemen
| |||||
| Decades: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See also: | Other events of 2017 | ||||
Events in the year 2017 in Yemen.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
- Vice President: Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar
- Prime Minister: Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr
Events
[edit]- 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
[edit]
- 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
[edit]- ^ "Cholera cases in Yemen now more than 200,000". CBC News. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Cholera count reaches 500 000 in Yemen". World Health Organization. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's former leader, killed in Sanaa
