Mecca Stampede: Day of National Mourning today

21 days after the deadly stampede which occurred during the pilgrimage in Mecca, Paul Biya has declared a day of national mourning.

The decision of the President of the Republic states that today Friday, October 16, 2015, Cameroon mourns its Muslims who died tragically in Saudi Arabia, September 24, 2015.

The sermons by Imams on Friday will set the tone for the day.

Meanwhile, the final death toll of the stampede in Mecca, released Thursday, October 15 by the organizers reported 1,633 dead. The official death toll of Cameroonian pilgrims involved in the Mina stampede according to a government statement is 76 Cameroonian dead and 30 missing