Purezidenti wa US, Barack Obama, walonjeza kuti athandizira mgwirizano ndi bata la Yemen, ndipo wadzipereka kuthandiza dziko la Gulf polimbana ndi uchigawenga, linanena bungwe lofalitsa nkhani m'dzikolo la Saba Lolemba.
"Chitetezo cha Yemen ndichofunika kwambiri pachitetezo cha United States," bungwe la nyuzipepala ya Saba linagwira mawu a Obama m'kalata yomwe inaperekedwa kwa Purezidenti wa Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh Lamlungu ndi John Bernnan, Wothandizira Homeland Security ndi Counter-terrorism.
M'kalatayo, a Obama adalonjeza kuti athandiza dziko la Yemen "kuthana ndi zovuta zachitukuko ndikuthandizira zosintha," kudzera mu International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank (WB) ndi othandizira ena komanso mayiko a bungwe la mgwirizano wa Gulf.
Obama "adayamikiranso mgwirizano womwe wakhazikitsidwa pakati pa mayiko awiri ochezeka pankhani yolimbana ndi uchigawenga," ndipo adanenanso kuti "bungwe la Al-Qaeda ndilowopsa komanso lowopsa kwa aliyense," lipotilo linawonjezera.
Yemen, dziko losauka lomwe lili kum'mwera chakumwera kwa chilumba cha Arabia, pakali pano likulimbana ndi zigawenga za Shiite kumpoto, gulu lolimbikitsa odzipatula kumwera, komanso gulu lankhondo la al-Qaeda lomwe lakulitsa posachedwapa m'dziko lonselo.
Zigawenga za Shiite, zomwe zimadziwika kuti Huthis pambuyo pa mtsogoleri wawo wakale Hussein Badr Eddin al-Huthi, akugwira ntchito kuchokera kumalo awo achitetezo ku Saada kumapiri akutali kumpoto. A Huthi akupanduka kumpoto kwa Yemen kuti abwezeretsenso imamate ya Zaidi yomwe idagwetsedwa mu 1962.
A Huthi ndi agulu la Shiite Zaydi ndipo pano akutsogozedwa ndi Abdul Malik, mchimwene wake wa Hussein Badr Eddin al-Huthi yemwe adaphedwa pamodzi ndi otsatira ake angapo mu 2004 pankhondo ndi asitikali aku Yemeni ndi apolisi.
Kuphatikiza pa zigawenga zachi Shiite, dziko la Yemen likukumana ndi gulu lolimbikitsa anthu odzipatula kudera lakummwera kwake, komwe ambiri akudandaula za tsankho. Gulu lodzipatula linakula kwambiri zaka zingapo zapitazo, pamene akuluakulu a usilikali kumwera ankafuna kuti apereke ndalama zambiri za penshoni atakakamizidwa kupuma pantchito.
Madera a kumpoto ndi kum’mwera kwa Yemen anali maiko aŵiri osiyana mpaka pamene anagwirizana mu 1990. Komabe, nkhondo yachiŵeniŵeni inayamba patangotha zaka 4 kuchokera pamene kugwirizana kunakhalapo pamene maiko akumwera anayesa kusapambana.
Yemen yawonanso ziwonetsero zingapo zotsutsana ndi alendo akunja ndi akumadzulo posachedwapa. Kuwukiraku, komwe kudachitika makamaka chifukwa cha kuyitanidwa kwa atsogoleri a al-Qaeda kuti aukire alendo omwe si achisilamu ku Yemen, kwasokoneza kwambiri zokopa alendo m'dziko losauka la Arabu.
M'mwezi wa Marichi, alendo anayi aku South Korea ndi omwe adawatsogolera adaphedwa pakuphulitsidwa kwa bomba mumzinda wakale wa Shibam m'chigawo cha Hadramawt. Pambuyo pake, bomba lodzipha linayang'ana gulu lonyamula gulu la anthu aku Korea lomwe linatumizidwa kuti likafufuze za kuukira kwa Shibam, koma palibe amene adavulala pakuphulikaku. Kutsatira ziwonetserozi, South Korea idalangiza nzika zake kuti zichoke ku Yemen.
