From Aden to Sanaa, Yemenis struggle to deal with soaring living costs

Sanaa, Aden and Marib, Yemen – As fighting intensifies across Yemen between the government and the Houthis, millions of people are confronting another battle far from the front lines: the deteriorating living and economic conditions in the country.With salaries for large segments of the workforce either unpaid or irregularly disbursed – and the prices of goods and services rising – Yemen’s economic struggles have been compounded by a divided banking system that has made moving money between different parts of the country increasingly complicated.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Saudi-led coalition says it intercepts three Houthi ballistic missileslist 2 of 3Yemen’s government needs tribes to defeat the Houthis. Will they join?list 3 of 3October 7 redrew the map of the Middle East, opening new faultlinesend of listFrom Aden’s struggling shoppers to displaced families in Marib and unpaid public-sector workers in Sanaa, Yemenis are being forced to make difficult choices about what they can afford, and what they must go without.Aden: Food costs swallow salariesIn Aden, the internationally recognised Yemeni government’s interim capital in the south, the problem is not so mu...