Jeddah, Dhu-AlQa'dah 01, 1436 AH, August 16, 2015, SPA -- The International Islamic Relief Organization of Muslim World League spent in the past year an amount of SR 16,387,689 to drill 1880 shallow and artesian wells in 13 countries of Asia and Africa to provide clean drinking water and irrigation in many remote villages in those poor countries, benefiting about 400,000 people. The Organization's Secretary General Ihsan bin Saleh Tayyib explained that the countries that benefited from the wells are Yemen, Pakistan, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Niger, Mali, Somalia, Nigeria and Burkina Faso. -- SPA 11:38 LOCAL TIME 08:38 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w