KSrelief delivers food aid in Chad, Somalia

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Updated 05 May 2022
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KSrelief delivers food aid in Chad, Somalia

N’DJAMENA: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center recently distributed 1,756 food baskets to vulnerable families in Chad, helping to feed 4,650 people.

This aid is just a small part of the relief and humanitarian efforts provided by the government of Saudi Arabia to people around the world.

In Somalia, KSrelief distributed 5,500 food baskets to needy families in several areas, benefiting 33,000 individuals.

Meanwhile, KSrelief’s mobile medical clinics at Waalan camp in Yemen’s Hajjah governorate provided medical services to 186 patients suffering from a variety of conditions in the past week.

KSrelief has also continued rolling out its water supply and environmental projects in Hajjah and Saada governorates in Yemen. In one week, nearly 4 million liters of drinking water and 1 million liters of non-potable water was pumped into tanks across the two regions.

KSrelief has implemented 1,940 projects worth nearly $6 billion in 80 countries, in cooperation with 1,715 partners, since its inception in May 2015.

According to a recent KSrelief report, the countries and territories that have benefited the most from the center’s various projects are Yemen ($4 billion), Palestine ($368 million), Syria ($325 million) and Somalia ($213 million).


Saudi Arabia’s KAUST named FIFA’s first research institute in MENA

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Updated 10 February 2026
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Saudi Arabia’s KAUST named FIFA’s first research institute in MENA

  • KAUST President Prof. Sir Edward Byrne said that the university’s selection as the fifth FIFA Research Institute in the world — and the first in the region — marks a significant achievement, reflecting Kingdom’s growing presence in international football

RIYADH: FIFA has designated the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology as its first research institute in the Middle East and Asia to support the development of innovative football research, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday.

The recognition highlights KAUST’s commitment to integrating sports, academic research and industry through advanced, high-level initiatives grounded in rigorous scientific methodologies, contributing to the advancement of football studies.

KAUST President Prof. Sir Edward Byrne said that the university’s selection as the fifth FIFA Research Institute in the world — and the first in the region — marks a significant achievement, reflecting Saudi Arabia’s growing presence in international football.

The accreditation aligns with national efforts to invest in research and development and promote the knowledge economy, supporting Saudi Vision 2030’s goals of building an advanced sports system based on innovation and sustainability.

The collaboration’s first project focuses on developing advanced AI algorithms to analyze historical FIFA World Cup broadcast footage, transforming decades of match videos into structured, searchable data, according to the KAUST website.

This work opens new opportunities to apply state-of-the-art computer vision techniques and deepen understanding of how football has evolved over time.

The second project uses player and ball tracking data from the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar and the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand to compile comprehensive datasets capturing in-game dynamics.

These datasets provide deeper insights into human movement, playing techniques and performance dynamics through AI-driven analysis.