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Africa Live: Africa's largest mosque inaugurated in Algeria - BBC News Africa Live: Africa's largest mosque opens in Algeria - BBC News
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Foreign nationals of seven countries are among 25 people who have
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday officially opened The Great Mosque of Algiers, the largest mosque in Africa. been killed in a road crash involving four vehicles on a highway to Tanzania’s northern city
It is also the third-largest in the world, after the mosques in Saudi Arabia's Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina. of Arusha.
The massive mosque is spread across 70 acres (28 hectares) and can hold up to 120,000 worshippers at one time. The accident occurred when a Kenyan-registered lorry hit
It also has the world's tallest minaret, which is the tower used to project the Muslim call to prayer. three other vehicles, including one that was carrying foreign nationals
The mosque was constructed over seven years, costing more than $800m (£631m). volunteering at a school.
It is expected to host prayers during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which begins in two weeks. Ten women, 14 men and a girl were killed in the Saturday
The mosque was a project of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who stepped down in 2019 after his bid for a fifth term in office led to massive protests. crash, the presidency said in a statement on
Sunday.
At least 21 people, including from other countries were injured in
the accident.
The dead included an American, a South African and other
nationals from Kenya, Togo, Madagascar and Burkina Faso.
The injured were people from Nigeria, Ivory Coast,
Cameroon, Switzerland, Britain and Mali, the statement added.
Police are looking for the driver of the lorry that caused
the accident, and who is said to have fled after the incident.
President Samia Hassan has sent her condolences to the
families of the deceased and called for motorists to adhere to road
safety regulations.
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