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Malaysian Children Parade In White Robes For Practice Hajj

Thousands of Malaysian children took part in a practice run for the Muslim hajj pilgrimage on Monday, walking round a...

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Pilgrims Will Be Fed This Year – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has announced government’s plans to provide food and transportation to...

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First Batch of Hajj Pilgrims To Be Airlifted On August 10

The first batch of Muslims embarking on this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, will leave Ghana on August 10,...

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First Batch of Pilgrims To Depart From Ghana On August 10

The first batch of Muslim pilgrims performing this year’s holy exercise (Hajj) in the Muslim Republic of Saudi Arabia...

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Fate of 452 Pilgrims ‘left-Behind’ In 2016 Still Hanging

The new Hajj Board Chairman, Shiehk I. C. Quaye who made this known said negotiations were still underway with...

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Iran Pilgrims To Join This Year’s Hajj

Iranian pilgrims will participate in this year's annual hajj, Saudi Arabia said on Friday, after an absence last year...

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Iran Sees Progress In Hajj Talks With Saudi

Iran said on Sunday there had been progress in talks with Saudi Arabia on allowing citizens of the Islamic republic to...

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Saudi Minister In Talks With Iran Team Over Hajj

A Saudi minister held talks with an Iranian delegation about the possibility of Iranian pilgrims rejoining the annual...

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Iran Sends Team To Saudi Arabia For Hajj Talks

Iran said Wednesday it has sent a team for talks in Saudi Arabia on the next annual pilgrimage after missing the hajj...

Business

Mahama Government Leaves GH¢23m Hajj Debt

The Hajj Board under the former National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration has left behind a debt of Ghc23...

Opinion

Nigerian Pilgrims In The Last Hajj Season

The immediate last Hajj exercise was indeed successful that it is worth reviewing. It started with the first batch of...

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First Batch of 2016 Hajj Pilgrims Arrive In Tamale

The first batch of 500 pilgrims has arrived in Tamale in the Northern Region from Jeddah in the Kingdom of...

International

Hajj Nears Climax For World’s Muslims

Close to 1.5 million Muslims from around the world prepared on Saturday night for the climax of the annual hajj...

International

Hajj Begins Amid Security Concerns, War of Words With Iran

More than 1.5 million Muslims from across the globe have converged on Saudi Arabia for the annual five-day Hajj. The...

International

Iran Leader Attacks Saudis Over Hajj

Iran's supreme leader has attacked Saudi Arabia's handling of the Hajj almost a year on since hundreds of pilgrims were...

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Repatriated Female Pilgrims To Fly Back To Saudi Arabia Tuesday

The National Hajj Committee says it is working around the clock to get the repatriated female pilgrims from the Kingdom...

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39 Ghanaian Pilgrims Repatriated From Suadi Arabia

Some thirty-nine female pilgrims from Ghana have been repatriated from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. “The Pilgrims...