[Ennahar] Yemeni President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh has suspended from their duties Wednesday Oil Minister and the director of the national oil company because of a shortage of fuel, according to a statement posted on the website of the Ministry of Defense."The Minister of Petroleum and Mines, Amir al-Salem Aydarous and Director General of the Yemeni Oil Company, Omar al-Arhabi, were suspended from their duties because of fuel shortage that caused the dissatisfaction of the population," explains the text.
For a week, a fuel shortage caused long queues at petrol stations in Yemen, a country outside of OPEC, which produces some 300,000 barrels of crude per day.
The announcement of these measures comes as riots against soaring prices shake Algeria and Tunisia.