The first casualty of war is truth and the death of the press in Yemen is a testament to that
— Newsstand owners in the capital Sanaa say it's been over a year since they sold their last issue of the, while others say the last issue was sold at the beginning of the year – but no one has been able to pinpoint an exact month.
The austerity measures began by cutting salaries in half, reducing the number of pages and issues per week before shutting down completely, according to Al Kibsi.considered an independent paper and became recognised for its coverage during the 2011 protest that toppled the late President Ali Abdullah Saleh. More recently, it was recognised for continuing to publish, somehow, despite Sanaa being under the control of Houthi rebels.
Another source who asked to remain anonymous—because she isn't authorised to speak to media—said there were only two issues in February, and the final one was in March, the source toldAl Kibsi said he currently works as a freelance journalist, but some of the staff have been self-employed since the shutdown.In July this year, Editor-in-Chief, Abdul Aziz Oudah confirmed the shutting of the paper, saying he is ready to comment on the reasons for the paper to unexpectedly shut down.
"Currently, I work as a taxi driver," said the 22-year-old, whose taxi was parked outside the office. He was recently married and lives inside the office with his wife, hoping the paper will resume issuing soon.For the last two years before it shut down, it's been hard to find an issue of the only English newspaper in Yemen at newsstands except near Sanaa University or near the Old City of Sanaa.
In January the paper made a last-ditch attempt to kickstart itself by establishing an Arabic Edition to "gain more ads after it reached a point that it was able to issue one paper per week" one source told me.
Wadai Ghanim, 33, who has been working in newsstands in Tahrir Square for 20 years, said he has no issue of thewhat so ever and the last issue delivered to him was near the end of 2018 or beginning of 2019.
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