Topic: Tawakkul Karman

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Child soldiers in Yemen (photo: private)

Yemen's civil war

Underage "martyrs": child soldiers in Yemen

In Yemen, families send their children to so-called summer camps. There, adolescents are given combat training and taught why they should fight for God. Both government forces and Houthi rebels use child soldiers. By Ahmed Imran and Emad HassanMore

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Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkul Karman (photo: AP)

Interview with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkul Karman

"We need to bring back the Arab Spring!"

In 2011 Tawakkul Karman became the first Arab woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In interview with Nader Alsarras, the 39-year-old explains why the Arab Spring failed and why Yemen has since descended into war and chaosMore

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Protests against Yemen's former president Saleh in Sanaa, February 2011 (photo: AP)

Yemen and the Arab Spring

Revolution on Hold

While political turbulence continues unabated in Tunisia and Egypt – the two countries where the Arab Spring started – and a bloody civil war still rages unchecked in Syria, the transition in Yemen seems to have ground to a complete halt. By Nader AlsarrasMore

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Tawakkol Karman (photo: picture alliance/dpa)

Interview with the Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karman

''Saleh is the Source of Terror''

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karman has become the face of the protest movement in Yemen. In this interview with Majid Sattar, she accuses the West of failing to break with the old regime in Sana'a in deference to Saudi ArabiaMore

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Yemeni women's rights and democracy campaigner Tawakkul Karman, 32, one of the three recipients of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, reacts as she receives congratulations from protesters inside her tent at a protester camp in Sana'a, Yemen, 8 October 2011 (photo: dapd)

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Tawakkul Karman

A Woman Leading Change in Yemen

Tawakkul Karman, one of three women to win the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011, is "the international face of the Yemeni pro-change movement." Journalist Alice Hackman examines the role that female activists, particularly Tawakkul Karman, are playing in Yemen's protestsMore

Power Struggle in Yemen: A Yemeni Tribal AffairPaternal and Religious Authority: Yemen's Sons Have Broken the Vow of Silence
A jubilant crowd in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, after the news broke President Saleh had left the country (photo: AP)

Power Struggle in Yemen

A Yemeni Tribal Affair

The power struggle in Yemen is primarily a conflict between two families: On the one hand that of President Saleh, who clearly has no plans to leave office quietly, and on the other the Ahmar family, which presides over the Hashed tribal confederation. By Rainer HermannMore

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