Nearly two million people gathers to commemorate the spiritual rank believed to have been attained by Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba, founder of the Mouride Sufi order, during his exile by the French colonial ...

DAKAR: Huge crowds of worshippers converged on Senegal's holy city of Touba on Sunday, as part of the traditional annual celebration of the Mouride brotherhood, a Sufi Islamic order. AFP journalists ...

Pilgrims from across the West African country flocked to the holy city of Touba, where they slept, ate and prayed together for the Magal religious festival — despite coronavirus concerns. By Ruth ...

Each year, the pilgrimage of the Muslim brotherhood of the Mourides takes place in Touba. From all over Senegal (and even from all over the world) pilgrims flock to take part in this religious event ...

Senegal is celebrating Le Grand Magal, one of Africa’s largest religious gatherings. Millions of worshippers are converging on the city of Touba, in the country’s central-western region, in response ...

On Friday, millions of Senegalese Muslims will gather in the Holy city of Touba - the climax of an important annual pilgramage known as 'le Grand Magal'. Touba lies in the centre of the country, in ...

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims descended on Senegal's holy city of Touba for the annual Magal festival over the weekend. The Magal is a holy day for the Mouride sect, which overwhelmingly practises ...

Touba — Thousands of worshippers from the world over have been streaming in the Senegalese Holy Town of Touba for the Grand Magal 2007.The Magal is the anniversary of Sereigne Touba's landmark journey ...

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims descended on Senegal's holy city of Touba for the annual Magal festival over the weekend. The Magal is a holy day for the Mouride sect, which overwhelmingly practises ...