The Yemeni dictator appears to have signed his own political death warrant to avoid a literal one:
Despite spontaneous celebrations from protestors, Ginny Hill worries that there's still trouble for Yemen on the horizon:
Even if Yemen's rival elite factions agree to lay down their arms, the lack of trust between politicians in the ruling party and the opposition coalition may also prove impossible to overcome. Yemen's current voter registration lists are out of date, and it seems unlikely that new lists will be compiled within 90 days, in time for [Vice-President Abdrabuh Mansur] Hadi's scheduled election. Significant concessions will be required to appease the southern separatists, as well as Houthi rebels in the north. Last but not least, Yemen's youth protesters – who first took to the streets in February calling for Mr Saleh to stand down – show no signs of leaving their sprawling encampment in Sanaa known as Change Square.
Summer Nasser rounds up skeptical reax from the Yemeni twitterverse. Patrick Brennan tries to tease out implications for the US government's Yemen policy.
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