He was awarded an from and has been honoured with the by of Sweden | Midroc Gold is Ethiopia's sole gold exporter |
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had tried to secure his release, but was unsuccessful | Natural resources [ ] He has interests in Ethiopia and it is reported that MIDROC Gold Mine a subsidiary of MIDROC Ethiopia has paid the Ethiopian Government 100 |
He grew up in Ethiopia, before emigrating to Saudi Arabia with his brother Mauricet and becoming a Saudi citizen.
51m tonnes per annum between 2011 and 2014 | In 2008, Al Amoudi funded King Saud University's an research chair |
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14 June 2012 at the• He was also listed as Ethiopia's richest man, the second richest Saudi Arabian citizen in the world and the second richest person of African descent in the world | Kalin, Stephen; Paul, Katie 5 November 2017 |
Philanthropy [ ] Al Amoudi has committed funds to support healthcare and sport in Saudi Arabia, the US, Europe and Africa.
28Stancati, Margherita; Said, Summer; Farrell, Maureen 5 November 2017 | Arrest and captivity [ ] Main article: On 4 November 2017, Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi was arrested upon the orders of Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman MBS and held captive in in a "corruption crackdown" conducted by Mohammed Bin Salman's "royal anti-corruption" committee |
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Al Amoudi sponsored the , Africa's oldest football cup competition, in 2005 and 2006, the tournament was named the Al Amoudi Senior Challenge Cup as a result in those years | In January 2017, The Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi Stadium was opened |
Al-Amoudi had not been seen since his arrest and captivity.
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