President Julius Maada Bio on Friday, June 12, 2026, joined Sierra Leonean pilgrims who recently returned from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after successfully completing the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage for Jumma...
The third and final batch of 262 Sierra Leonean home-based Hajj pilgrims arrived safely at the Freetown International Airport in Lungi at approximately 2:00 a.m. local time on Wednesday, June 10, 2026,...
The third and final batch of 267 Sierra Leonean home-based Hajj pilgrims departed Makkah for King Abdulaziz International Airport’s Hajj Terminal in Jeddah to board their flight to Freetown. The pilgrims...
The second batch of 266 Sierra Leonean home-based Hajj pilgrims arrived safely at the Freetown International Airport in Lungi at 7:11 a.m. Sierra Leone time on Monday, June 8, 2026, following the successful...
The first batch of 267 Sierra Leonean home-based Hajj pilgrims has just departed from King Abdulaziz International Airport, bound for Freetown. The flight is expected to arrive at Freetown International...
A total of 142 Sierra Leonean diaspora pilgrims from the United States have departed Makkah by bus en route to the Hajj Terminal at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, as they begin their journey...
All 2,626 Sierra Leonean pilgrims performing the 1447H/2026 Hajj have completed ‘Tawaf al-Ifadah’, also known as ‘Tawaf az-Ziyarah’, marking the end of the main Hajj rites. The pilgrims carried...
A total of 2,626 Sierra Leonean Hajj pilgrims joined about 1.7 million Muslims from around the world on the plains of Arafat on Tuesday to perform Wuquf, the most important pillar of the Hajj pilgrimage. The...
The Sierra Leone Embassy in Saudi Arabia has officially denied circulating reports claiming a female Sierra Leonean pilgrim died during the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. Alhaji Abubakarr Bah, Information...
A wave of grief has swept through family members, friends, and members of the Muslim community following the death of Mariama Bangoura during the ongoing Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. According...
