APS Special Envoy, Amadou Sara Ba Se
Mdina Gounas, May 3 (APS) – The head of state, Bassirou Diomayou Fay, arrived at the Daka site, 10 km from Medina Gounas, where he will perform the mid-afternoon prayer (Takusan or Salat Asr) with its Caliph. Religious city, Thierno Amadou Tidiane Ba.
Arriving in Medina Gounas shortly before 3 p.m., the President of the Republic, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, was welcomed in audience by Khalifa, with whom he held an interview at his residence in Medina Gounas.
After talking to the religious guide, he drove to the Daka site, 10 kilometers away from this religious town, where he was set up at the hosts’ residence.
The President of the Republic, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhre Faye, has been in this religious city since this afternoon, where he paid a courtesy call to the Caliphate General, Thierno Amadou Tidiane Ba, on the occasion of the 83rd Daka, which has been held since. Saturday .
The Head of State, Minister of the Interior and Public Security, Jean Baptiste Taine, arrived in the company of the Minister of Health and Social Affairs, Ibrahima Sy, Minister Director of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic, Marie Teuv Niane and. Minister of Hydraulics, Cheikh Tidiane Diaye.
He prayed the Great Friday prayer with Caliph General Thierno Amadou Tidiane Ba of Medina Gounas.
According to the Office of Government Information (BIG), “This courtesy visit takes on greater significance in a symbolic manner as it comes days after the inauguration of the 83rd edition of DACA on Saturday.”
Daka is held at a site located 10 km from the city of Medina Gounas in the Velingara (South) department. It brings together thousands of believers from Senegal and abroad.
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