HADI NAMES ARMY CHIEF, DEFENCE MINISTER

ADEN — The Yemeni president replaced the defence minister and the army chief of staff on Thursday, state media said.

President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi named Mohammed Al Maqdashi as defence minister to replace Mahmoud Al Subaihi who has been detained by the rebels for years, the government-run Saba news agency reported. Hadi had not replaced the detained minister since 2014, when the rebels overran the capital Sanaa.

Hadi also named Abdullah Al Nakhii as chief of staff.

Hadi last month fired his prime minister on accusations of corruption. He named Moueen Abdulmalik Saeed, a former minister of public works as the new head of government. —