KSrelief Delivers Ramadan Food Baskets in Sudan, Yemen

KSrelief Delivers Ramadan Food Baskets in Sudan, Yemen
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KSrelief Delivers Ramadan Food Baskets in Sudan, Yemen

KSrelief Delivers Ramadan Food Baskets in Sudan, Yemen

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) delivered this week 950 food baskets to those quarantined in Yemen to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.

This came in cooperation with Al-Khair Coalition for Humanitarian Relief which reached 5,700 people.

The delivery comes within the framework of the humanitarian efforts exerted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the KSRelief, to face the COVID-19 in the Yemen.

Also in Sudan, the Riyadh-based center worked with Al-Igtinam Organization for Human Development to distribute 4,711 food baskets to those in need, benefiting 28,266 individuals.

During the delivery of aid, all the necessary procedures to stop the spread of COVID-19 were taken.

This comes within the framework of a project to distribute 38,211 food baskets during the holy month of Ramadan in Sudan.



Tebboune Elected to Serve Second Term Leading Algeria

Officials count the ballots at an electoral office after the end of voting in the presidential elections, in Algiers, Algeria, 07 September 2024. (EPA)
Officials count the ballots at an electoral office after the end of voting in the presidential elections, in Algiers, Algeria, 07 September 2024. (EPA)
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Tebboune Elected to Serve Second Term Leading Algeria

Officials count the ballots at an electoral office after the end of voting in the presidential elections, in Algiers, Algeria, 07 September 2024. (EPA)
Officials count the ballots at an electoral office after the end of voting in the presidential elections, in Algiers, Algeria, 07 September 2024. (EPA)

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been named the winner of Algeria's presidential election, granting him another term leading the gas-rich North African nation five years after protests led to the ouster of his predecessor.

In a result that surprised few observers internationally or in Algeria, the country's independent election authority on Sunday announced that Tebboune had won 94% of the vote, far outpacing his challengers Abdelali Hassani Cherif, who won 3% and socialist Youcef Aouchiche, who won 2.1%.

Election officials reported less than six million of the country's 24 million voters had turned out to vote on Saturday, perpetuating the low voter turnout rates that marred Tebboune's first term and raised questions about his popular support.

Algeria is Africa's largest country by area and, with almost 45 million people, it's the continent's second most populous after South Africa to hold presidential elections in 2024 — a year in which more than 50 elections are being held worldwide, encompassing more than half the world's population.

Throughout the campaign, activists and international organizations, including Amnesty International, railed against the campaign season's repressive atmosphere and the harassment and prosecutions of those involved in opposition parties, media organizations and civil society groups. Some denounced this election as a rubber stamp exercise that can only entrench the status quo.

But Tebboune and his two challengers each urged political participation and specifically made overtures to the Algerian youth, who make up a majority of the population and disproportionately suffer from poverty and unemployment.