"Declining oil revenues, civil war and southern separatism threaten unity and stability in the strategic Arabian Peninsula state of Yemen. Resurgent terrorist groups have stepped up their campaign inside Yemen and struck across the border in Saudi Arabia. Yemen’s window of opportunity to shape its own future is narrowing, with implications for the security of shipping routes through the Suez Canal and for the internal security of Yemen’s neighbours. Ginny Hill will shed light on the socio-economic climate in Yemen leading to this present crisis and why the world should take greater note."

 Date: Tuesday, 3rd november 2009

Time : 6:30pm

Venue: Barar House, 45 Crawford Place, W1H 4LP

Nearest Station is Edgware Road

 * Ginny Hill is a freelance journalist and film-maker, writing and broadcasting on the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. She has reported and produced news and current affairs from Djibouti, Gaza, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Somaliland and Yemen for the BBC, Channel 4 News, ITV and Al-Jazeera English. Her articles have appeared in Slate, Guardian Unlimited, The Economist, Open Democracy, Foreign Policy, the Independent and Jane's Islamic Affairs Analysis. Ginny is the author of Yemen: Fear of Failure, a Chatham House briefing paper. Her work on Yemen is supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

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