Is Yemen going to split into two countries?
CGTN
On April 26, Yemen's separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) declared self-rule for the country's south. But almost immediately the declaration was challenged by Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi's internationally recognized and UN-backed government as well as by governors from five of the country's southern provinces.
Regardless of the STC declaration, it will find it challenging to make self-rule in the south a reality. Working against it is the competition it faces from other groups in the south.
Opposition to the declaration of self-rule shows the nature of the challenge facing the STC. In particular, it will need to overcome a variety of high political and economic hurdles if it is to form a new South Yemen state, not least the current and ongoing challenge of civil war.
