<span style="color: #222222;">In Yemen, President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has fired Prime Minister Ahmed bin Dagher, accusing him of negligence in running the country. In a decree, the President's office said, Mr Dagher was guilty of poor economic performance and failure to avert a collapse of the currency.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The statement named Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed as the new prime minister. He was previously the Minister of Public Works and Roads.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Yemen has been locked in a war, pitting a Saudi-led coalition backing the Hadi government against Houthi rebels since March 2015. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The government operates largely from Saudi Arabia because the Yemeni capital of Sanaa remains in rebel hands.</span><br />