The governor of a southern Yemeni province pumping 100,000 bpd—half of Yemen’s total oil production— threatened on Thursday to suspend oil shipments from the region if the internationally recognized Yemeni government doesn’t meet the demands of protesters in Yemen’s south who have been protesting against government policies as the economic and humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate and the local currency to plunge. Salmeen al-Bahseeni, the governor of the southern Hadramout province, made the threat in a radio-broadcasted speech, after protests in southern Yemen spread. Protesters have been protesting for two weeks against government policies after the Yemeni currency, the rial, has lost more than half of its value against the U.S. dollar since the civil war in Yemen began in 2015. Al-Bahseeni and other local politicians in Yemen’s south support the protests against the ailing economy and plunging currency. Southern Yemeni separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) […]