Events in the year 2017 in Yemen. Incumbents President: Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi Prime Minister: Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr Events Ongoing – the Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) 25 June – The World Health Organization estimates that Yemen has more than 200,000 cases of Cholera. 14 August – The WHO suspects cholera cases in Yemen hit 500,000 mark. Deaths 14 August – Nearly 2000 people have died since the cholera outbreak began to spread rapidly at the end of April. 4 December – Ali Abdullah Saleh, politician, President of North Yemen 1978–1990 and President of Yemen 1990–2012 (b. 1947). References 2010s in Yemen Years of the 21st century in Yemen Yemen Yemen