The Hajj Agency Association of Bangladesh has rejected the mandatory quota of 1,000 pilgrims for each agency set for this year in compliance with the decision of the Saudi authorities. Speaking at ...

The Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has urged the Federal Government to reduce the 2025 Hajj fare to enable intending pilgrims to fulfil the religious exercise. The governor noted that the ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Muslims undertake the Hajj—the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca. In 2024, the pilgrimage took place in mid-June, the start of the Saudi summer. But this year ...

Mist dispensers refreshen Muslim pilgrims at the base of Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma or Mount of Mercy, during the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage on June 15.

The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission, Abdullahi Usman, has approved the appointment of Alidu Shutti as acting secretary of the commission. The appointment was announced in a statement by ...

On Wednesday, the government assured Ghanaians of measures being taken to ensure the availability of liquid fuels for the ...

A 65-year-old man has planned to walk the over 250-km Kumasi—Accra journey on January 7, 2025, to attend John Dramani Mahama’s swearing-in as President of Ghana. The Tamale-based businessman ...

Yes, the approach of the holiday break means the annual GamesIndustry.biz Year In Numbers infographic is ready to go, perfectly capturing the current state of the video games market in one ...

The Nigerian Navy says its personnel deployed around the Agbura community in Bayelsa, have rescued nine passengers comprising eight police operatives and one civilian. The Director of Naval ...

The Sudanese government on Sunday rejected a UN report describing the food security situation in the war-torn country as a famine. Agriculture Minister Abubakar Omar El-Bushra expressed ...

Three UN workers from the World Food Program (WFP) were killed in an overnight attack on their office in Sudan's Blue Nile state, the Sudanese government said on Friday. According to a statement ...

The Middle Corridor -- a 6,500-kilometer trade route connecting China to Europe through Central Asia and the Caucasus -- has expanded since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But can countries work ...