July 2023

State House, Freetown, Friday 28 July 2023 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has joined dozens of pilgrims for their first Jummah Prayers after they successfully performed this year’s Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims, calling on them to serve as agents of peace and national cohesion. In

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Monday, July 10, 2023- The Board of Directors of the Company of Mutawifs for African non-Arab Countries in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over the weekend, organised a send-off dinner to mark the end of the 1444/2023 Hajj for pilgrims from Subsaharan African countries. The colourful event, which was held in Jeddah,

By Abubakarr Bah, Information Attaché, Saudi Arabia.   Pilgrims from Sierra Leone who are participating in this year’s Hajj (1444/2023) say they are pleased with the hospitality provided by the Presidential Hajj Task Force of the Government of Sierra Leone.   While narrating their experiences, the pilgrims said they were very pleased and comfortable with

By Abubakarr Bah, Information Attaché, Saudi Arabia A total of 652 lambs have been sacrificed in the outskirts of the Muslim’s Holy City of Makkah on Friday as part of the Hajj rituals for all the Sierra Leonean pilgrims participating in this year’s Hajj. A member of the Presidential Hajj Task Force in Sierra Leone