By Asha Elmi - Editor-in-Chief
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JEDDAH, November 11 2026 Somalia has secured a quota of 11,500 pilgrims for the 1448/2027 Hajj after signing its annual quota agreement with Saudi Arabia, Somali National Television (SNTV) reported on Wednesday.
The quota is unchanged from last year, when Somalia was allocated 11,500 places for the 1447/2026 Hajj.
The agreement, renewed every year, was signed in Jeddah by Somalia’s Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Ali, and Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq Al-Rabiah.
Somalia’s consul general in Jeddah, the ministry’s director general Abdinafi Ahmed Abdullahi and the head of Somalia’s Hajj services office, Khadar Dahir, attended the signing.
The agreement followed preparatory meetings between the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah and Hajj affairs offices from 78 countries, which discussed operational plans, administrative procedures and coordination of services for pilgrims, Somalia’s religious affairs ministry said.
The ministry said its delegation also met Saudi Hajj service companies and was briefed on the system for managing sacrificial animals, including slaughter and meat distribution.
Saudi Arabia signs quota agreements with Muslim countries every year to limit the number of pilgrims from each country.