People wait for cash at the Central Bank of Yemen in Sanaa August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
DUBAI (Reuters) - Already suffering grievously under nearly two years of civil war, many thousands of Yemeni state workers now face destitution as their salaries have gone largely unpaid for months.
The immediate reason is a decision by the internationally-recognised government to shift Yemen's central bank out of Sanaa, the capital city controlled by the armed Houthi movement with which it is at war.
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