bbc :

The security situation in Yemen is deteriorating so badly the country is at risk of being torn apart by civil war. That is the warning given this week by Yemen's ambassador to the UK, Abdullah al-Radhi.

Speaking to the BBC, he said it was imperative that a peace deal was reached quickly between the warring parties and that international donors made good on their pledges of aid.

Dozens of people have been killed this week in a series of attacks across the country, most carried out by militants linked to al-Qaeda.

A Shia insurgency known as the Houthi movement has reached the capital Sanaa, where its forces have taken over several government buildings, largely unresisted by government troops who went home.

The Houthis have also taken control of Yemen's main Red Sea port, Al-Hodaidah and have been fighting their sectarian enemies, the Salafis linked to al-Qaeda.

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