Tomi Lala

2023 Hajj: Huge Crowds ‘Stone The Devil’

Vast crowds of robed worshippers hurled pebbles in the “stoning of the devil” ritual on Wednesday as the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the start of the pandemic draws to a close in intense Saudi Arabian heat. From dawn in Mina, hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims began pelting three concrete monoliths representing Satan, and heading…

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(BREAKING) Sierra Leone election: Julius Maada Bio re-elected as opposition cries foul

Sierra Leone’s President and ruling party candidate Julius Maada Bio speaks to journalists after casting his vote for national elections at a polling station in Freetown, Sierra Leone, June 24 Incumbent Julius Maada Bio has been declared the winner of Sierra Leone’s presidential election but the opposition is disputing the result. Official figures say that…

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