DUBAI – Saudi Arabia eased curfews on Sunday across the country but kept 24-hour lockdowns in place in the city of Mecca and neighbourhoods previously put in isolation to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, state news agency SPA said. It also signed a deal with China to conduct 9 million tests for the […]
Day: April 26, 2020
UAE leaders congratulate Tanzanian President on Union Day.
President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to President John Magufuli of Tanzania on the occasion of his country’s Union Day celebrations, marked annually on 26th April. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed […]
Dubai couple’s desperate wait to reunite with 2-year-old baby ends with happy note.
A Dubai-based couple who were away from their two-year-old baby after being stuck in South Africa over a month, flew back to Dubai on Wednesday night thanks to the special arrangements made by the UAE Government. Although they can reunite with their daughter at their Dubai home only after undergoing a mandatory 14-day quarantine at […]
UAE provides 171 tonnes of food aid to residents of Al Shihr in Yemen.
The UAE, through its humanitarian arm, the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, provided 4,000 food parcels weighing 171 tonnes to the residents of Al Shihr district in the Yemeni Governorate of Hadramaut on the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan. The aid package was administered in line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed […]
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, WFP chief review global fight against COVID-19.
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, discussed with David Beasley, Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme, ways of accelerating coordination in getting assistance to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This came over a phone call His […]
360,000 Yemenis benefit from ERC’s Ramadan food parcels in three Yemeni governorates.
A total of 360,000 Yemenis in Hadramaut, Shabwa, and Al Hodeidah have benefited from the Ramadan food parcels deployed by the Emirates Red Crescent under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and the follow-up of H.H. […]