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Alhaji Kella told this writer in an interview that the 5 pilgrims who passed away are American citizens of Sierra Leonean descent carrying American passports during the Hajj. He said the Saudi authorities say the pilgrims died due to heat weather. “Sources from the Ministry of Hajj and Umra suggest heat waves as the most […]

By Abubakarr Bah, Information Attaché, Saudi Arabia A total of 638 pilgrims from Sierra Leone participated in this year’s (1445/2024) Hajj in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. So far, a total of 637 Hajj pilgrims from Sierra Leone are doing well in Makkah.We however regret to announce that the Sierra Leonean contingent of Hajj pilgrims lost ONE

By Abubakarr Bah, Information Attaché, Saudi Arabia A total of Six Hundred and forty sheep have been sacrificed for all the Sierra Leonean pilgrims participating in 1445/2024 Hajj as part of the Hajj ritual. The ritual took place in the outskirts of the Muslim Holy City of Makkah on Wednesday, 19th June, 2024. A member

By Abubakarr Bah, Information Attaché, Saudi Arabia. Sierra Leonean pilgrims participating in the 1445/2024 Hajj in Makkah on Tuesday, 18th June,2024 returned to Makkah after successfully completing a 3-day ritual of the symbolic stoning of the “Jamarats”, which symbolises defiance against evil or Satan. The pilgrims stayed in Mina, also known as “the City of

By Abubakarr Bah, Information Attaché, Saudi Arabia. A total of Six Hundred and Thirty-eight (638) pilgrims from Sierra Leone have joined the more than 1.5 million of their colleagues from around the world to congregate at the sacred place of Arafat in Saudi Arabia for intense, day-long worship; prayers, supplications and reflection. On this 9th

By Abubakarr Bah, Information Attaché, Saudi Arabia. Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Timothy Musa Kabba, together with the Minister of Transport and Aviation, Alhaji Fanday Turay Esq., are part of a total of Six Hundred and Thirty-eight (638) pilgrims from Sierra Leone performing the 1445/2024 Hajj in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

By Abubakarr Bah, Information, Information Attache, Saudi Arabia. Captain (Navy) Hassan Jansson Conteh of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), on the 5th June, 2024 assumed official duties as Delegate of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) Headquarters in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Captain (Navy)

By Abubakarr Bah, Information Attaché, Saudi Arabia The second and final batch of three hundred and forty-two (342) Hajj pilgrims from Sierra Leone have safely landed at the Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madina at 17:00 hrs. KSA time. The pilgrims, who departed the Lungi International Airport onboard the Ethiopian Airlines in the

The first batch of two hundred and sixty-seven (267) Hajj pilgrims from Sierra Leone have safely arrived at the Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madina at 16:00 hrs. KSA time. The pilgrims departed the Lungi International Airport aboard Ethiopian Airlines in the early hours of Friday, 31st May, 2024 to perform the 2024/1445

By Abubakarr Bah, Information Attaché, Saudi Arabia The Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Hajj in Sierra Leone, says a total of 609 pilgrims from Sierra Leone will be participating in this year’s Hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Alhaji Murtada Sesay told this writer in an interview that among that number are 2