Overview

• Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak resigned as Yemen's Prime Minister, citing challenges in exercising his constitutional powers and reforming the government.
• His resignation follows a conflict with Presidential Council leader Rashad al-Alimi over a rejected request to dismiss twelve ministers.
• Finance Minister Salem Saleh Bin Braik has been nominated to succeed bin Mubarak as Prime Minister.
• The Presidential Council, established in 2022 and led by al-Alimi, remains the central authority in Yemen's Saudi-backed government.
• Yemen continues to face a severe humanitarian and economic crisis, compounded by ongoing Huthi maritime attacks and US airstrikes linked to broader Middle East tensions.