CHAD: COUNTRY'S BIGGEST MOSQUE BEING FINANCED BY SAUDI ARABIAN MONEY.

Record ID: 189768

  • Title: CHAD: COUNTRY'S BIGGEST MOSQUE BEING FINANCED BY SAUDI ARABIAN MONEY.
  • Date: 21st June 1975
  • Summary: 1. GV & CU Builders sign 0.08 2. GV Tower under construction 0.14 3. GV Mosque under construction (3 shots) 0.29 4. GV PAN Site 0.46 5. GV Mosque under construction (2 shots) 0.56 Initials BJB/1645-BJB/1650 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 6th July 1975 13:00
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  • Location: N'DJAMENA, CHAD
  • Country: Chad
  • Reuters ID: LVA486XB7ALEVXSSCZZEYS9UF18I
  • Story Text: The biggest mosque in Chad -- and one of the biggest in Africa -- is currently under construction in the capital, N'Djamena.

    It is the latest and most impressive evidence of growing co-operation between Chad and Saudi Arabia, which has flourished since the visit three years ago of the late King Faisal.

    Saudi Arabia is completely financing the project, which will cost an estimated 3,000 million CFA francs.

    The Mosque, with its two minarets, will also have accommodation for a library and two schools.
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