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The Yemeni government was fighting with the Saudi Arabians to declare their independence they merged in the 1980's they are thinking of re-splitting due to a national war between the two nations.

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In 2015, Yemen had a problem of some people supporting the current president and some supporting the former president. Iran and Saudi Arabia have also gotten involved.

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because south sudan voted to split sudan into 2

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