CAIRO (AP) — Yemen's interior minister says a leader of the southern separatist moment is "fomenting sedition" by calling on followers to topple the country's internationally recognized government.
The minister, Ahmed El-Meseery, said in a statement late Wednesday that the call by Hani Ben Braik, deputy head of the so-called Southern Transitional Council, only serves rebel Houthis.
Yemen's government forces have been at war with the Houthis, who control the north, since 2015.
The conflict started in 2014 when the rebels captured the capital, Sanaa, and expelled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi's government, which is now based in the south.