The country has been mired in crisis this year — Arab Spring-inspired protests, an attack on President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s compound, separatist insurgencies, and Al-Qaeda militancy — but still plans to hold a presidential election on Feb. 21, according to the latest reports. The country’s foreign minister said Jan. 17 the election would be difficult if the security situation was not resolved, but backtracked following meetings with American and U.N. diplomats. The election is opposed by leaders in the separatist-minded south. On Jan 28. gunmen attacked an electoral committee office in a southern province, Reuters reports. Meanwhile, Northern Shiite Muslim rebels, known as Houthis, have warned they will also boycott the vote. To further underscore the instability, the Associated Press says units loyal to Saleh, who is currently in the U.S. undergoing medical treatment, crushed a recent mutiny by Republican Guard troops. See TIME’s latest stories from Yemen here.
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