A group of Yemeni tribal leaders and activists met in Toledo, Spain, on September 10-11 to discuss ways to organize tribes’ peacebuilding efforts in Yemen, as the country enters its seventh year of war. The Chargé d'Affaires of the European Union in Yemen, Marion Lalisse, opened the first session via video conference, and newly-appointed UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg urged…

Mukalla, Yemen – The Intellectuals Conference, hosted by the Sana’a Center in Mukalla, held its concluding sessions today. The conference covered a number of topics, such as the role of intellectuals in Yemen’s future, the future of the state in Yemen, the role of non-state armed groups, and the southern issue. An interactive session was also held during which representatives…

Mukalla, Yemen - The Sana’a Center launched today its two-day Intellectuals Conference in the city of Mukalla in the Hadramout governorate with the participation of a number of intellectuals, political activists, and journalists with the aim to create a safe space for these groups to discuss the way forward towards peace. Representatives from the UN Office of the Special Envoy…

Mukalla, Yemen - The Yemen Peace Forum (YPF) concluded its four-day event which brought together a select group of Yemeni youth and civil society actors with the aim to amplify their voices by creating a parallel process for their views and insights to be channeled into Yemen’s peace negotiations. The YPF is a Track II youth and civil society platform…

Director of the Office of the President of Yemen, Abdullah Al-Alimi, said during the Yemen Media Call – a media briefing session organized by the Sana’a Center– that Yemen’s internationally recognized government was ready to go into direct negotiations with the armed Houthi movement, adding that it was also in favor of reopening Sana’a airport as well the port of…

The Seventh Yemen Exchange concluded its two-week online program on May 3, 2021, bringing together over 50 participants from around the world who aim to gain unique access to information, perspectives, updates and analysis on Yemen. The opening session hosted Sana'a Center Executive Director Maged al-Madhaji and Senior Researcher Abdulghani al-Iryani who gave a deep dive into the political alliances,…

On February 1, 2021, the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies and Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) concluded a series of meetings with several Yemeni political parties during which they shared their visions of the peace negotiations and explored possible ways to end the six-year conflict in Yemen. Sponsored by the EU and held in Istanbul, the meetings included separate sit-downs with…

This year we mark 10 years since the Arab Spring. For those of us now at the Sana’a Center, that historic moment was when we first became aware of each other’s existence, ideas, aspirations and, most importantly, shared dreams for Yemen and the world. It was when we became aware that being different and ambitious wasn’t just okay, but actually…

A group of prominent tribal leaders from Yemen convened in Istanbul on January 20th and January 21st to discuss the role of tribes in local and national de-escalation and peacemaking to bring an end to the war in Yemen. Sheikhs and tribal women from key governorates identified recommendations for UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffith and agreed on a…