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Amal Nasser

Amal Nasser is an economist at the Sanaa Center for Strategic Studies and a graduate student of economics based in Berlin.

As Yemeni riyal is in free fall, worst may be yet to come

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People infected with cholera lie on beds at a hospital in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen May 14, 2017. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad - RTX35S5M

Delivering $1 billion aid to Yemen faces difficulties

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A Houthi militant stands guard on the roof of a building overlooking a rally attended by supporters of the Houthi movement in Sanaa, Yemen March 3, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RTS11BPD

The human cost of the siege of Sanaa

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Is more women entering Yemen's labor market really progress?

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A man walks past a house destroyed during recent fighting between pro-government fighters and Houthi fighters in the southwestern city of Taiz, Yemen November 26, 2016. REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub - RTSTDZM

Is Yemen falling into an abyss?

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How Yemen’s war is now threatening international trade

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An armed man loyal to the Houthi movement holds up ammunition as he gathers to protest against the Saudi-backed exiled government deciding to cut off the Yemeni central bank from the outside world, in the capital Sanaa, Yemen August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi - RTX2N19E

How long can the Houthis hold on to Yemen?

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A boy looks as he attends a gathering held by tribesmen loyal to the Houthi movement to show support to a political council formed by the movement and the General People's Congress party to unilaterally rule Yemen by both groups in Sanaa, August 14, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RTX2KP2M

Yemeni conflict goes back to square one

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A boy sits next to food supplies he received from a local charity in Sanaa, Yemen, June 23, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi - RTX2HU73

Slow response to Yemen’s crisis points to government incompetence

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Beware of the failure of Yemen’s central bank

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Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire at a foodstuff storage facility destroyed by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Houdieda January 6, 2016. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad - RTX2177D

How long can Saudi Arabia afford Yemen war?

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