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The central bank of war-torn Yemen has publicly complained to its Saudi Arabian allies about late cash deliveries as the Hadi regime struggles to hold together what remains of its civil service.
The Aden-based bank claimed in a statement on Saturday it had had cash deliveries blocked 13 times, Reuters reported.
"The (bank) faces extreme difficulties ... because of the hindrance in delivering these funds by air to Aden airport by the coalition for unknown reasons," the bank said.
The failure to allow the funds permission to land “creates dangerous strangulation for the Yemeni economy”, the bank added. The central bank continued to pay for some government salaries.
Hadi’s regime, which continues its tenuous grip on power from Riyadh, the Saudi capital, moved the central bank to Aden, a southern port city, in September.
The country is currently suffering from a cholera epidemic, which British international development Secretary Priti Patel said last week is driving the nation to “the brink of a catastrophic disaster”.
The United Nations estimates that 18.8m Yemenis are reliant on humanitarian support, almost two-thirds of the entire population. Meanwhile millions have lost their livelihoods as the war has made large parts of the country too dangerous to operate in.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
