Sep 6, 2018

Thousands of Yemenis took to the streets of de facto capital Aden Thursday for fresh anti-government protests over rising living costs in the war-ravaged country.

"From today, there is no more legitimacy," demonstrators chanted as they called for the internationally recognised government to quit.

The protesters blocked roads and burned tyres in the port city that has served as the headquarters for the authorities under President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi since they were forced out of Sanaa by Huthi rebels in 2014.

For more than a year, Yemen's government has been unable to pay salaries as war and poverty push the country to the brink of famine.

The riyal has lost more than two-thirds of its value against the dollar since 2015, when a coalition headed by Saudi Arabia joined the government's fight against the Huthis.