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Sunday 26 Apr 2015 - 11:08 Makkah mean time-7-7-1436
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New York, (IINA) - U.N Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed a new special envoy to Yemen as pressure grows to return to talks in search of a political solution to the country's crisis, according to media reports.
The statement, which was issued on Saturday, says Ki-moon has appointed Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania, who until now has led the U.N.'s Ebola mission.
Ahmed replaces Jamal Benomar, who had said he was stepping down.
Ahmed was appointed by Ban in December as head of the U.N. Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, based in Ghana. His approach in responding to the crisis was "hands-on," said Tolbert Nyenswah, head of the Ebola response in Liberia, the country that has seen more deaths than any other during the outbreak.
The head of U.N. operations in Yemen said in an interview with The Associated Press this week that a renewal of peace talks is "inevitable," and behind-the-scenes diplomatic efforts could bring results in the coming weeks.
The U.N. Security Council recently imposed an arms embargo on Houthi leaders and again demanded that they withdraw and stop the violence. The council also imposed an arms embargo on former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
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