UN Yemen chief resigns amid crisis

Jamal Benomar, the UN special adviser on Yemen, has resigned, James Bays, Al Jazeera’s diplomatic editor, said the Moroccan diplomat told Ban Ki-moon, the UN chief, that it was time for him to end his role. Continue..

“Jamal Benomar has told the secretary-general it is time for him to end his mission in Yemen but that he remains willing to help the UN in any capacity that is needed,” he reported, citing diplomatic sources.

A UN spokesperson confirmed in a statement that Benomar wanted to move to another assignment, adding that a successor “will be named in due course.”