US AID to operate again: Sources [Archives:2002/52/Local News]

BY YEMEN TIMES STAFF
The Yemen Times has learned from reliable sources that US AID, an American aid organization that had been active in Yemen for decades, is about to reopen operations here.
The United States Agency for International Development, which works primarily in education, health and social sector development, has been closed in Yemen for the past eight years.
Its office was closed in the wake of the civil war of 1994, when relations between Washington and Sana’a turned sour after Yemen forces entered Aden, without waiting for the US to help work out a settlement between the warring political factions.
US AID had been active in Yemen for three decades.
American aid still continued during the period of US AID closure, through supplemental food aid, short-term loans, de-mining activities and political institutional development.
But there were few development programs.
If such reports are true, then the re-opening of US AID would be a strong sign the Yemeni government has found favour in the US-led war on terror.
These reports could not be validated by the US Embassy or its foreign ministry.

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