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Thousands of Yemenis protested on Thursday against a UN plan to end a 19-month conflict between rebels and the government, which the president rejected as “not a map for peace.” Protesters in Aden rallied against the plan following a call by authorities in the southern city, which is serving as a temporary capital as Sanaa remains controlled by the rebels, witnesses said. “We reject the plan of (UN special envoy Ismail) Ould Cheikh (Ahmed),” read one of the banners carried by demonstrators. “No to an initiative that legitimises the coup,” said another. President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi rejected on Saturday the envoy’s roadmap, saying it “only opens a door towards more suffering and war”. Hadi enjoys the backing of a Saudi-led Arab coalition that launched a military campaign in March 2015 after the rebels closed in on his refuge in Aden, forcing him to flee to Riyadh.