The ongoing conflict in Yemen with multiple internal and external actors has the country facing severe risks of militarization, economic performance, human development, governance and political stability. Failure to progress in peace talks has international linkages, demographic stress, and population and heterogeneity at high risk. Only the environment is measured at moderate risk and even then, the environmental conditions in Yemen are deteriorating. If mediation does not make grounds, the de-facto two state Yemen could become a reality, undoing the unification of 1990.
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