Uganda: Mecca - 900 Ugandan Pilgrims Denied Visas Over Ebola

12 October 2012

Over 900 Ugandan Muslims, who had planned to travel to Mecca for pilgrimage, are stranded after Saudi Arabia maintained a ban following the recent outbreak of Ebola.

The intending pilgrims, who should have left on October 10, had booked air tickets and made the necessary legal clearances for travel.

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