The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah in Saudi Arabia has set new rules for the 1446/2025 Hajj season that affect Sierra Leone’s participation. Under these rules, Embassy staff and volunteers from the Sierra...
Minister of Social Welfare, Mrs. Melrose Karminty, on Wednesday, 21s May, 2025, visited the Hajj Secretariat to personally engage with citizens preparing for this year's pilgrimage to the Holy Land of...
The Government of Sierra Leone has announced a two-day orientation for individuals intending to undertake the Hajj pilgrimage in 2025. The orientation is scheduled for May 21 and 22, 2025, and will take...
Ambassador Anthony Navo Jr., CEO of Africa Young Voices (AYV) Media Empire, and his wife, Mrs. Haja Navo Esa, has on Thursday, March 13, conducted Umrah in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The pair joined millions...
Abu S. Gbawie, a pilgrim from Sierra Leone, has passed away. The incident occurred during preparations for the annual pilgrimage. According to an eyewitness, who was staying with Abu, he had been complaining...
In a public notice released on January 17, 2024, the Presidential Hajj Task Force has republished new charges for performing the pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Mecca in 2024. The notice emphasizes that...
Hon. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella of the National Grand Coalition (NGC) party has completed his pilgrimage in the holy land of, Mecca, Saudi Arabia. He completed his Umrah on 20 January 2023 with a Juma prayers...
President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has received all 941 successful Sierra Leonean Muslim pilgrims who returned from performing this year’s pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, saying that...
After a successful Hajj in the Holy land of Mecca, the second batch of pilgrims has landed at the Lungi International Airport.The first batch arrived on Saturday morning. Hajj is the fifth pilar o Islam...
After three days delayed, the third and final batch of Sierra Leonean pilgrims are reportedly checking-in to depart the Freetown International Airport (FNA) for the Holy land of Makkah, to perform this...
