Hundreds rally in Yemen for ex-leader's son as president
Hundreds rallied in Yemen's militia-controlled capital Friday to call for presidential elections and demand the son of ex-strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh run as a candidate, AFP reported.
Sanaa has been under the control of the Shiite militia, known as Houthis, since September and President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has fled to the southern city of Aden after escaping house arrest in the capital last month.
Saleh, who stepped down in February 2012 after a year-long popular uprising, has been accused of backing the Houthis, who are from the same Zaidi sect of Shiite Islam as the ex-leader.
Gathered in Sabiin Square in Sanaa's southern district and near the residence of Saleh's son Ahmed, demonstrators chanted "The next president is Ahmed" and "Ahmed is our president."