AL-TAJAMMU’: Aden weekly, 15-6-98. [Archives:1998/25/Press Review]

(Yemeni Unitary Congregation Party)   Main Headline:
1- Prosecuting the Shourah newspapers heralds a new crackdown on freedom of the press.
2- BBC team arrested earlier this month says that the Bani Dhibyan tribe, which kidnapped a British teacher and his family, demand health and education service, water and electricity supplies and paved roads.
3- A worker at the national navigation company sent a letter to the Speaker of Parliament demanding a proper re-structuring of their wages and allowances before the company is privatized.
4- Female graduates of the Aden High Technical Institute were dropped from a scholarship scheme to study in Syria and other Arab countries, despite their very high grades, in favor of secondary-school graduates with lower marks but having better connections.
Article Summary:
1- Who will save them?
People living in Gold Mohur, Aden are scared of a potential disaster. An investor is planning to erect a large building in the path of seasonal torrential floods, which could divert the water to private homes in the area, claimed the Gold Mohur residents.
2- Five Imams
The faithful praying at the Hitari mosque in Tawahi, Aden have complained that at each prayer time there is a different ‘muadhin’ (caller for prayers) and a mosque speaker or Imam. This is despite the fact there is a sixth officially appointed Imam, which indicates that there are several Islamic groups vying with each other to control the mosque.

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