Public holidays – Africa

Public holidays 2026 for 59 countries and territories in Africa.

Country2026Regions
Algeria14–
Angola15–
Benin14–
Botswana15–
Burkina Faso17–
Burundi15–
Cameroon11–
Cape Verde1222
Central African Republic14–
Chad13–
Comoros14–
Côte d'Ivoire14–
Democratic Republic of the Congo14–
Djibouti13–
Egypt16–
Equatorial Guinea148
Eritrea15–
Eswatini13–
Ethiopia12–
French Southern Territories11–
Gabon16–
Gambia20–
Ghana16–
Guinea12–
Guinea-Bissau11–
Kenya11–
Lesotho11–
Liberia11–
Libya15–
Madagascar16–
Malawi12–
Mali12–
Mauritania10–
Mauritius15–
Mayotte12–
Morocco17–
Mozambique10–
Namibia13–
Niger15–
Nigeria14–
Republic of the Congo10–
Réunion12–
Rwanda19–
Saint Helena63
São Tomé & Príncipe127
Senegal14–
Seychelles14–
Sierra Leone14–
Somalia10–
South Africa14–
South Sudan15–
Sudan15–
Tanzania17–
Togo13–
Tunisia17–
Uganda16–
Western Sahara11–
Zambia19–
Zimbabwe13–

Figures per year: public holidays observed nationwide (including substitute days); regional holidays are listed on the country pages. Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.

Public holidays worldwide

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