Al-Alimi Affirms Commitment to Political Partnership, National Consensus to End Houthi Coup

The chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Rashad al-Alimi (Saba News Agency)
The chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Rashad al-Alimi (Saba News Agency)
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Al-Alimi Affirms Commitment to Political Partnership, National Consensus to End Houthi Coup

The chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Rashad al-Alimi (Saba News Agency)
The chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Rashad al-Alimi (Saba News Agency)

The chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), Rashad al-Alimi, confirmed on Wednesday his commitment to partnership and national consensus during the transitional phase until the Houthi-waged coup is stopped.

Moreover, al-Alimi vowed a strong collective response in the face of the Houthi attacks against liberated regions and governorates in Yemen.

Al-Alimi's statements were made in a recorded speech viewed by a general meeting of the Consultation and Reconciliation Commission in Yemen’s interim capital, Aden.

The Commission concluded the recent meeting by approving three documents related to work regulations, the general framework of the political vision for the comprehensive peace process, and the principles of reconciliation between legitimate political forces and parties.

“The constitutional oath and the pledge made by the members of the PLC to our people in the north and south to proceed based on partnership and national consensus remains firm, and we will not deviate from it, whatever the challenges,” said al-Alimi.

“Today, we confirm our growing confidence in the strength of our strategic alliance and its agreement around its common goals for the transitional period,” he added.

Headed by al-Alimi, the PLC consists of eight people representing all Yemeni parties and political forces opposed to the Houthi coup.

Al-Alimi expressed his gratitude to the presidency and members of the Commission for their support of the PLC.

The chairman recalled how the Commission has long backed PLC and ensured it remained interactive and united around common goals and achieving consensus during the remainder of the transitional period.

Al-Alimi hoped that the Commission's meetings would represent an essential shift in the course of the broad national coalition against Houthi militias who are implementing a destructive Iranian project in Yemen.

He also promised to uphold “freedom, difference, and participation” principles as genuine constitutional foundations and saluted all those confronting the Houthi project in all Yemeni provinces.



Suspected RSF Strike Hits a Prison, Killing at Least 19 in Sudan, Officials Say

 A view shows a large plume of smoke and fire rising from fuel depot in Port Sudan, Sudan, May 6, 2025. (Reuters)
A view shows a large plume of smoke and fire rising from fuel depot in Port Sudan, Sudan, May 6, 2025. (Reuters)
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Suspected RSF Strike Hits a Prison, Killing at Least 19 in Sudan, Officials Say

 A view shows a large plume of smoke and fire rising from fuel depot in Port Sudan, Sudan, May 6, 2025. (Reuters)
A view shows a large plume of smoke and fire rising from fuel depot in Port Sudan, Sudan, May 6, 2025. (Reuters)

A suspected drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces hit a prison in Sudan's southern region of Kordofan on Saturday and killed at least 19 prisoners, authorities said, the latest deadly attack in the country’s more than two-year civil war.

The attack on the main prison in Obeid, the capital city of North Kordofan, also wounded 45 other prisoners, according to a statement from the province’s police forces.

The statement accused the Rapid Support Forces of launching the attack, which came as the RSF escalated its drone strikes on the military-held areas across the country.

There was no immediate comment from the RSF, which has been at war with the Sudanese military for more than two years.

Earlier this month, the RSF launched multi-day drone attack on Port Sudan, the Red Sea city serving as an interim seat for the Sudanese government. The strikes hit the city’s airports, maritime port and other facilities including fuel storages.

The RSF escalation came after the military struck the Nyala airport in South Darfur, where the RSF receives foreign military assistance, including drones. Local media say dozens of RSF officers were killed in last week's strike.

Sudan plunged into chaos on April 15, 2023, when simmering tensions between the military and the RSF exploded into open warfare in the capital Khartoum and other parts of the country. Obeid is 363 kilometers (225 miles) south of Khartoum.

Since then, at least 24,000 people have been killed, though the number is likely far higher. The war has driven about 13 million people from their homes, including 4 million who crossed into neighboring countries. The conflict also has pushed parts of the country into famine.

The fighting has been marked by atrocities including mass rape and ethnically motivated killings that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, especially in the western Darfur region, according to the UN and international rights groups.