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Category: Africa and the African Continent


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Travel Africa Day: June 25

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The Tuesday of Social Media Week in Lagos is set aside each year to encourage people worldwide to explore Africa through pictures, stories and blogs. It endeavors to teach how the tourism industry can bet...

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Independence Day (MG)(1960): June 26

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Independence Day in Madagascar marks the anniversary of June 26, 1960, the official separation of the nation from France. This is a national holiday.

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Independence Day (DJ)(1977): June 25

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Independence Day in Djibouti marks the anniversary of June 27, 1977, the official separation of the nation from France. This is a national holiday.

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Independence Day (SC)(1976): June 29

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Independence Day in the Seychelles marks the anniversary of June 29, 1976, the official separation of the nation from Great Britain. This is a national holiday.

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Tropics, International Day of the: June 29

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The Tropics are the region of the earth between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. They represent 40% of the world's land mass and 80% of biodiversity. They are the world's lungs and the source of many...

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Independence Day (CD)(1960): June 30

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Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo marks the anniversary of June 30, 1960, the official separation of the nation from Belgium. This is a national holiday.

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Independence Day, (NG)(1960/1963): October...

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Independence Day in Nigeria marks the anniversary of October 1, 1960, the official day of independence from Britain. It also marks October 1, 1963, the day Nigeria became a republic. This is a national ho...

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Islamic History Month (CA): October

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Armed Forces Day (EG)(1973): October 6

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In 1967 the Nation State of Israel invaded Egypt and took control over the Sinai Peninsula, East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights in what would be called the 6-Day War. On Octobe...

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Independence Day, (UG)(1962): October 9

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Independence Day in Uganda marks the anniversary of October 9, 1962, the official day Uganda gained its independence from Britain. This is a national holiday.

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Independence Day, (GQ)(1968): October 12

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Independence Day in Equatorial Guinea marks the anniversary of October 12, 1968, the official day of independence from Spain. This is a national holiday.

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Gadhafi Assassination (2011): October 20

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Mashujaa Day (KE)(1952): October 20

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October 20, 1952, Kenya first president (as yet a revolutionary) Jomo Kenyatta and five colleagues were arrested by British colonial forces. This is the origin of this holiday, originally called Kenyatta...

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Independence Day, (ZM)(1964): October 25

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Independence Day in Zambia marks the anniversary of October 24, 1964, the official day the nation gained its independence from Britain. It is celebrated on the fourth Monday in May. This is a national hol...

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Independence Day, (SU)(1956): January 1

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Independence Day in Sudan marks the anniversary of January 1, 1956, the day the nation was proclaimed independent of the Anglo-Egyptian condominium created in 1899. This is a national holiday.

January

Independence Day (MA)(1944): January 11

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National holiday in Morocco commemorating the January 11, 1944 memo by the Independence Party to the Allied powers seeking independence from French colonial rule. They achieved it in 1956.

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Revolution Day, (TZ)(1963/1964): January 1...

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Revolution Day in Tanzania marks the anniversary of January 12, 1963, the day then Zanzibar became independent under a Sultan. It didn't last long. On January 12, 1964, the sultan was overthrown and the a...

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Liberation Day, (TG)(1967): January 13

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Liberation Day in Togo marks the anniversary of January 13, 1967, the day the government of Grunitzky was overthrown by rebels headed by Eyadema. This is a national holiday.

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John Chilembwe Day (MW)(1995): January 16

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John Chilembwe was a Baptist pastor who helped lead an uprising against British colonial rule in now Malawi (Nyasaland). The uprising lasted from January 23-26, 1915. Though the revolt would fail, and Chi...

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