JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s border guards have detained a total of 66 people who attempted to enter the country using wooden boats on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Marine Col. Gen. Mohammed Saher Al-Harbi, spokesman for the Border Guards, said staff in the Makkah province stopped 20 Sudanese, 10 Nigerians, 12 Ethiopians, and 24 Chadians. There were 23 women and 21 children on the boats.
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Africans detained by border guards
Africans detained by border guards
Saudi Foreign Ministry receives credentials of new Somali and Malian ambassadors
RIYADH: On behalf of the Foreign Minister, Saudi Deputy Minister for Protocol Affairs Abdulmajeed Al-Smari received copies of the credentials of the newly appointed ambassadors of Somalia and Mali on Thursday, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on X.
Al-Smari received the credentials of Mohamed Amin Sheikh Osman, the new Somali ambassador to the Kingdom.
Osman succeeded Owais Haji Yusuf, who has served in the role since 2023. Yusuf was recently appointed as the national security adviser to Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
The deputy minister also received the credentials of Ibrahima Dahirou Dembele, the newly appointed ambassador of Mali to the Kingdom. Dembele replaces Diall Boubacar Gouro, who has led the Malian mission in Riyadh since 2024.
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