IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIRECTIVES OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLES AFFLICTED WITH DROUGHT AND POVERTY IN SOUTH WEST AFRICAN (AL-SAHEL)COUNTRIES WORTH $ 10 MILLION THROUGH WORLD FOOD PROGRAM UNDER TITLE "SAUDI ARABIA, THE KINGDOM OF HUMANITY", 4000 TONS OF FOODSTUFFS WERE HANDED OVER TODAY BY FOOD SECURITY COMMISSION AND DISTRIBUTED UNDER SUPERVISION OF REPRESENTATIVES OF SAUDI MINISTRY OF FINANCE. REPRESENTATIVE OF SAUDI MINISTRY OF FINANCE IBRAHIM AL-DARIOUSH SAID THAT THE ASSISTANCE TO THE VICTIMS OF DROUGHT AND POVERTY IN MAURITANIA AMOUNTS TO $ 2 MILLION, NOTING THAT MORE THAN 240,000 PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT FROM SAUDI ASSISTANCE. HE POINTED TO THE KING'S APPROVAL OF ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $ 2 MILLION TO PROVIDE RELIEF MATERIALS, FOODSTUFFS AND TRUCKS IN MAURITANIA AND $ 1 MILLION TO THE NEEDY PEOPLE IN GUINEA CONAKRY.
