Jeddah, Tuesday, 24th June 2025 The first batch of 297 Sierra Leonean home-based pilgrims have departed King Abdulaziz International Airport Hajj Terminal for Freetown, following a successful completion of the 1446/2025 Hajj in Makkah. The second batch departed on June 25, 2025. The Embassy of Sierra Leone in Saudi Arabia, led by Deputy Ambassador Alhaji

By Abubakarr Bah, Information Attaché, Saudi Arabia.All of the 2,000 Sierra Leonean pilgrims, both from home and abroad, departed from Makkah in buses for Mina in the late hours of Tuesday. They are heading to the city of tents for a day-long Tarwiyah ritual. The pilgrims will spend Tarwiyah Day, the day before Arafat, in

By Abubakarr Bah, Information Attaché, Saudi Arabia. The Ambassador of Sierra Leone to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia His Excellency Mohammed S. Barrie, Deputy Ambassador Abdul Aziz Turay, and Sierra Leone’s Deputy Minister of Social Welfare Alhaji Mohamed Haji-Kella, on Saturday, 31st May 2025, accompanied the second batch of 300 Sierra Leonean home-based pilgrims to

A total of 300 Sierra Leonean home-based pilgrims, including the Chairman of the Presidential Hajj Taskforce Alhaji Murtada Sesay, have safely arrived in Madinah. They were warmly welcomed at Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport by Ambassador Mohammed S. Barrie and Deputy Ambassador Abdul Aziz Turay. The pilgrims have been accommodated at Sedrtul Madimah hotel

By Abubakarr Bah, Information Attaché, Saudi Arabia. Friday, May 30, 2025 – A total of 100 Sierra Leonean home-based pilgrims, who benefited from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Guest Program for Hajj, have safely landed at the King Abdulaziz International Airport Hajj Terminal in Jeddah, via Saudi Airlines at 11:05 KSA Time. The

By Abubakarr Bah, Information Attaché, Madinah, Saudi Arabia. A total of 298 Sierra Leonean home-based Hajj pilgrims have safely arrived at Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah. The pilgrims landed on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at 4:40 AM KSA time via Egypt Air. Upon arrival, they were warmly received by His Excellency Ambassador