The Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development signed Thursday a Grant Agreement with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) worth $1.2 million to contribute to the rehabilitation and maintenance of homes for displaced persons in Yemen.
The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 48,515, and the number of injuries has risen to 111,941, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli occupation's genocidal war on October 7, 2023.
The Qatar Central Bank's (QCB) international reserves and foreign currency liquidity increased by 3.81 percent in February to 255.916 billion riyals, compared to 246.509 billion riyals in the same month last year.
Saudi Arabia's Al-Taawoun qualified for the AFC Champions League semi-finals after defeating Iran's Tractor S. 4-2 on penalties, after both teams finished 2-2 after regulation and extra time.
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President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi discussed with the Vice President of the World Bank Hafez Ghanem different areas of cooperation and the facilitations that Yemen is looking forward to.
The meeting discussed the plights of violence, poverty and epidemics gripping Yemen as a result of the Saleh-Houthi militias' unrelenting insistence on seizing power and wealth.
Hadi hailed the WB for cooperation in the fiend of social welfare and said he is looking forward to have a broader partnership in the reconstruction process.
Ghanem expressed the WB's support to all moves that aim ton stabilize Yemen economically and developmentally.
He said that the bank would be an effective partner in a number of job generating programs including the establishment of a reconstruction fund in cooperation with the donors with a view to achieving stability and peace.
He hailed the Central Bank of Yemen for taking the step of floating the exchange rate of the rial currency against the foreign currencies saying that will have positive impacts for Yemen's economy in the foreseeable future.
Meanwhile, Yemen's Minister of Industry Mohammed al-Maitami said the Yemeni government has prepared a comprehensive Recovery and Reconstruction Pan and has discussed it with its international partners including the World Bank.