2011 in Yemen

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The following lists events that happened during 2011 in Yemen.

Incumbents

• President: Ali Abdullah Saleh
• Vice President: Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
• Prime Minister: Ali Muhammad Mujawar (until 10 December) Mohammed Basindawa (starting 10 December)

Events

January

• January 3 - Two boats capsize off the southern coast of Yemen with a total of 80 people missing. Only three have been found alive.^[1]
• January 11 - Hillary Clinton visited and stated that the protestant of Al-Qaida are a urgent problem.^[2]
• January 14 - At least 10 people arrested in clashes between police and protesters.^[3]
• January 24 - Yemen frees a female activist accused of inciting disorder after protests demanding her release.^[4]
• January 27 - Tens of thousands of people protest in Sanaa calling for an end to the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.^[5]
• January 29 - Clashes take place outside the Egyptian embassy between supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government and opposition supporters expressing sympathy with the situation in Egypt.^[6]

February

• February 2 - President Ali Abdullah Saleh backtracks on his plan to rule Yemen for life and to then allow his son to inherit his rule during an emergency session of parliament ahead of tomorrow's "day of rage" against his three-decade rule.^[7]

October

• October 10 - Yemeni human rights activist Tawakkol Karman won the Nobel Peace Prize, and became the first Arab woman, the youngest person at that time to have become a Nobel Peace Laureate and the category's second Muslim woman.^[8]

Deaths

• September 30 - Anwar al-Awlaki, American-Yemeni lecturer and jihadist (b. 1971)^[9]
• October 14 - Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, teenage son of Anwar al-Awlaki (b. 1995)^[10][11]

References

1. "Africa migrants drown off Yemen as boats sink". 3 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
2. "LES MANIFESTATIONS AU YÉMEN - JANVIER ET FÉVRIER 2011". February 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
3. "Ten protestors arrested in south Yemen". 15 January 2011. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
4. "Yemen frees protest activist; Female journalist and activist accused of organising 'unauthorised gatherings' has been released after protests". Al Jazeera English. 2011-01-24. Archived from the original on 2013-09-08. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
5. "Yemen: Tens of thousands call on president to leave". 27 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
6. "New protests erupt in Yemen; Activists calling for the ouster of president clash with government supporters in Sanaa". Al Jazeera English. 2011-01-29. Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
7. "Yemen president not to extend term". 2 February 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
8. "Yemeni Activist Tawakkul Karman, First Female Arab Nobel Peace Laureate: A Nod for Arab Spring". Democracynow.org. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
9. Griffin, Jennifer (April 7, 2010). "Two U.S.-Born Terrorists Killed In CIA-Led Drone Strike". Fox News. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
10. Johnson, Carrie (July 19, 2012). "Families Sue Over U.S. Deaths In Yemen Drone Strikes". NPR. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
11. "American drone deaths highlight controversy". NBC News. February 5, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2017.