TOUBA, Senegal (Reuters) - The leader of Senegal's powerful Mouride Muslim brotherhood has died at the age of 92, throwing into mourning a movement that holds huge influence and whose trade networks ...

Pilgrims from the Mouride Brotherhood, stand in line as they wait to enter in a mausoleum of a religious leader, at Grand Mosque of Touba as part of the celebrations of the Grand Magal of Touba, ...

Protesters in Dakar set tyres on fire and threw stones at security forces on Wednesday night during protests against a nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed almost three months ago because of the ...

TOUBA and DAKAR, Senegal -- Tens of thousands of Muslims descended upon Senegal's holy city this week for the annual Grand Magal pilgrimage, a tradition in West Africa that some fear could become a ...

TOUBA, Senegal (Reuters) - Senegal's holy city of Touba is fighting a second wave of COVID-19 infections, dashing hopes that swift action by authorities had stopped the new coronavirus from spreading ...

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 ...

The sight of a million Muslims on pilgrimage usually brings to mind images of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, where the annual hajj brings followers of Islam together from around the world. But last ...

TOUBA, Senegal (AP) — Tens of thousands of Muslims descended upon Senegal’s holy city this week for the annual Grand Magal pilgrimage, a tradition in West Africa that some fear could become a ...

TOUBA, Senegal (AP) — Tens of thousands of Muslims are descending upon Senegal's holy city this week for the annual Grand Magal pilgrimage, a tradition in West Africa that some fear could become a ...