Mamadou Sarr on assirou.net reveals [1][fr] how much money Senegal provides for pilgrimages: “The Senegalese government subsidizes the pilgrimage to Mecca to the tune of 1 billion 350 million CFA Francs [around 2.8 million USD] on years when no Christian pilgrimage to Rome is organised, and 1 billion CFA [around 2.1 million USD], on years like the current one, when both pilgrimages occur. The administration grants 350 million CFA Francs [around 746,000 USD] to the Christian pilgrimage every two years.”
Senegal: Grants for Pilgrimage to Mecca and Rome
· Written by Abdoulaye Bah Translated by Claire Ulrich
Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Senegal, Citizen Media, Governance, Religion