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Wednesday 22 Jul 2015 - 08:50 Makkah mean time-6-10-1436
OIC chief Iyad Madani
Bangui (IINA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has concluded its 2015 Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr Campaign, which was launched on July 10th, to extend solidarity and support to the destitute and vulnerable people of the Central African Republic (CAR), particularly during the last 10 days of Ramadan.
This Ramadan campaign, which was conducted for the second year, was led by OIC Special Envoy to CAR Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, and the OIC Humanitarian Assistance Department. Gadio met, within the framework of the campaign, with the prime minister and foreign minister of CAR while in the capital Bangui.
Food and non-food items were distributed during this campaign to over 30,000 people in Bangui and its outskirts as well as in the provincial city of Yalloke. The assistance covered demobilized soldiers, people in various Bangui mosques and inmates at Ngaragba prison.
It is noteworthy that Eid al-Fitr was celebrated nationwide on Friday, and CAR’s Interim President Catherine Samba-Panza declared the day a national holiday for the first time since the country’s independence in 1960 to fulfill a long-awaited request by the Muslim community there.
AB/IINA
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