Yemen’s president has dismissed Vice President Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar and delegated his own powers to a presidential council that will carry out leadership duties, Yemen’s information minister said early on Thursday. The new body will assume the duties of both the president and his deputy, said the announcement issued in the name of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi. The new council will carry out political, military and security duties for the Yemeni government during what it refers to as a “transitional period”. Hadi’s statement said the move was taken in line with a 2011 power transfer initiati…

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