Saudi aid agency launches food project in Mozambique, inspects empowerment program in Yemen

The empowerment project aims to train 1,250 young men and women to match the demand in the labor market. (SPA)
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Updated 18 March 2022
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Saudi aid agency launches food project in Mozambique, inspects empowerment program in Yemen

  • The KSrelief team in Yemen’s Aden governorate was recently briefed on the progress of several administrative and skill development training programs as part of a project to empower young men and women and improve livelihoods in the war-torn country

MAPUTO: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center recently inaugurated a project to distribute food aid to displaced and affected people in the city of Pemba in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province.
The event was held in the presence of Cabo Delgado Gov. Valige Tauabo, National Institute for Disaster Management representative Elisete Manuel, and a KSrelief team.
The project aims to distribute 4,318 food baskets, weighing 64 kilograms each, that include basic foodstuffs such as rice, beans, vegetable oil, sugar and salt. It will benefit 21,590 people.
It falls within the ongoing relief and humanitarian aid provided by Saudi Arabia, represented by KSrelief, in many countries around the world.
The KSrelief team in Yemen’s Aden governorate was recently briefed on the progress of several administrative and skill development training programs as part of a project to empower young men and women and improve livelihoods in the war-torn country. This project is being implemented in eight governorates.

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The project in the city of Pemba in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province aims to distribute 4,318 food baskets, weighing 64 kilograms each, that include basic foodstuffs such as rice, beans, vegetable oil, sugar and salt. It will benefit 21,590 people.

During the visit, the managers updated the team on the method for selecting the beneficiaries, the quality of the curriculum taught during the training, the practical training mechanism, and the ways participants acquired knowledge.
The team listened to the impressions of several trainees about the training programs and ways to help them become productive members of society by including them in the labor market.
The project aims to professionally empower 1,250 young men and women by training them in certain fields to match the demand in the labor market, as well as provide them with the necessary grants to establish their own projects.


Saudi deputy ministers receive Swedish ambassador and UNDP representative

Updated 19 February 2026
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Saudi deputy ministers receive Swedish ambassador and UNDP representative

Saud Al-Sati, Saudi Arabia’s deputy minister for political affairs, received Sweden’s Ambassador to the Kingdom Petra Menander in Riyadh. 

Separately, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Economic and Development Affairs Abdullah bin Zarah received the UN Development Programme’s resident representative in the Kingdom, Nahid Hussein, in Riyadh. 

During the meetings, all sides discussed bilateral relations and issues of common interest, the foreign ministry said on X on Wednesday.