Qatari Aid Ship Heads to Somalia

Mombasa, September 02 (QNA) - A ship belonging to Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) and carrying humanitarian aid to the affected people in Somalia and the Horn of Africa has sailed from the port of Mombasa, Kenya, heading towards the port of Mogadishu.
A RAF's delegation had overseen and completed preparation to dispatch the ship from Kenya. Another delegation headed by RAF's Director General Ayed Al Qahtani will arrive in Mogadishu to receive the ship and distribute the aid assistance to the needy people there.
Faraj Saleh Al Marri, vice head of Disaster Preparedness and Response at Projects Department, said the ship sailed at dawn today towards Somali territories after it was delayed one day due to weather condition, adding that the ship was loaded with 3,000 tons of food and medicines. (QNA)