Morocco has announced the creation of a new national holiday in honor of the recent United Nations Security Council resolution supporting its autonomy plan for Western Sahara. Starting next year, October 31st will be an official day off nationwide, according to a statement from the royal palace. This decision comes a few days after the […]
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Botswana has declared a public holiday to celebrate its team’s gold medal in the men’s 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. The government announced its decision on Sunday to celebrate the historic landmark where Botswana became the first African winners of the event. Botswana President Duma Gideon Boko announced the public holiday […]
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The Parliament of Ghana has passed the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days (Amendment) Bill, 2025. The object of the bill is to amend the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, 2001 (Act 601) to provide for Shaqq Day and July 1st as statutory public holidays. It provides an additional holiday, for the Muslim community as […]
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The government of Kenya has declared November 13th a public holiday. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki, through a gazette notice, said the public will be engaged planting trees nationwide. “In exercise of powers conferred by section 3 of the Public Holidays Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration declares Monday, November 13, 2023, […]
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that South Africa will have the day off on Friday December 15th 2023 to celebrate the Rugby World Cup victory of the Springboks. In an address to the nation, the president said that the victory of the Springboks at the 2023 Rugby World Cup “rightfully calls for a […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Wednesday, September 27th 2023, as a public holiday. This is to mark the Eid-ul-Mawlid celebration and the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The announcement was made in a statement on Monday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Oluwatoyin Akinlade. Akinlade noted that the Minister of Interior, […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Monday May 29th 2023, as a public holiday for all workers in the country to commemorate the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to a statement issued on Friday by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Interior, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, this was made known by the […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Friday 21st and Monday 24th of April 2023, as Public holidays to mark this year’s EId-il-Fitr Celebrations. A statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Shuiab Belgore noted that the Minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government While […]
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Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Kithure Kindiki, has declared Friday April 21st 2023, as a public holiday. According to Gazette Notice No. 5045, CS Kindiki announced that the holiday is to celebrate mark Idd-ul-Fitr, an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims around the world. “It is notified for the general information of […]
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The Government of Ghana has declared Monday March 6th 2023 as a statutory public holiday. The holiday marks Ghana’s 66th Independence Day anniversary. This is contained in a press statement signed by the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery. “The general public is hereby informed that Monday, 6th March, 2023 which marks Independence Day, is a Statutory Public Holiday […]
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