Security forces open fire on secessionist protesters in the south Yemen port of Aden on Thursday killing at least six.<br/> <br />The protests were staged for the first anniversary of the election of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, a northerner.<br/> <br />Hadi addressed a news conference in the capital Sanaa, saying the protesters had financial and military support from an unnamed foreign state.<br/> <br />He said these issues will top the agenda of a forthcoming national dialogue.<br/> <br />Mass unrest that ousted authoritarian president Ali Abdullah Saleh a year ago has caused widespread disorder, reviving separatist agitation in the south almost 20 years after it was suppressed in a brief civil war.<br/> <br />Southern Yemenis, complaining of discrimination by the north, favour creating an independent socialist state.
