28/11/2011 12:33
Mohammed Basindwa interim prime minister
Yemen's Vice-President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi has named a senior opposition figure, Mohammed Basindwa, as interim prime minister, the BBC reports.
He has been charged with forming a national reconciliation government ahead of early elections in February.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh transferred his powers to Mr Hadi under a deal brokered by regional states to end months of deadly unrest.
He has offered an amnesty to those who "committed errors during the crisis".