Yemen's president sacks prime minister bin Dagher - SABA

By Reuters • last updated: 09/12/2019

FILE PHOTO: Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi is pictured ahead of the 29th Arab Summit in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia April 15, 2018. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed - Copyright Hamad I Mohammed(Reuters)

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DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen’s president sacked Prime Minister Ahmed bin Dagher, blaming him for the economic crisis rocking the war-torn country, a statement carried by SABA state news agency said on Monday.

President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointed Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed as the new premier, it said, adding bin Dagher would face investigation over the “negligence of his government”.

(Reporting by Aziz El Yaakoubi; Editing by Alison Williams)

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