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Africa Public Holidays 2026

The table below contains the list of official Africa public holidays for the calendar year 2026. The qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and beyond, is available, immediately, with a professional license.

Date	Weekday	Countries
Jan 1	Thursday	Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (DRC), Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, eSwatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Jan 2	Friday	Angola, Botswana, Congo (DRC)*, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Togo
Jan 3	Saturday	Burkina Faso, Congo (DRC)
Jan 4	Sunday	Congo (DRC)
Jan 6	Tuesday	eSwatini
Jan 7	Wednesday	Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Sudan
Jan 8	Thursday	Bénin
Jan 9	Friday	Bénin
Jan 11	Sunday	Morocco
Jan 12	Monday	Algeria, Tanzania
Jan 13	Tuesday	Cape Verde
Jan 14	Wednesday	Morocco
Jan 15	Thursday	Congo (DRC)*, Malawi
Jan 16	Friday	Comoros, Congo (DRC), Djibouti, Mayotte, Somalia
Jan 17	Saturday	Congo (DRC)
Jan 19	Monday	Eritrea, Ethiopia
Jan 20	Tuesday	Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali
Jan 25	Sunday	Angola*
Jan 26	Monday	Uganda
Feb 1	Sunday	Mauritius, Mauritius, Rwanda
Feb 2	Monday	Rwanda
Feb 3	Tuesday	Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe
Feb 4	Wednesday	Angola
Feb 5	Thursday	Burundi
Feb 11	Wednesday	Cameroon, Liberia
Feb 15	Sunday	Mauritius
Feb 16	Monday	Angola, Uganda
Feb 17	Tuesday	Angola, Cape Verde*, Libya, Mauritius
Feb 18	Wednesday	Cape Verde*, Gambia, Sierra Leone
Feb 21	Saturday	Zimbabwe
Mar 2	Monday	Ethiopia
Mar 3	Tuesday	Malawi
Mar 6	Friday	Ghana
Mar 8	Sunday	Angola, Burkina Faso, Chad, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia
Mar 9	Monday	Burkina Faso, Chad, Sierra Leone, Zambia
Mar 11	Wednesday	Lesotho, Liberia
Mar 12	Thursday	Mauritius, Zambia
Mar 15	Sunday	Liberia
Mar 16	Monday	eSwatini, Gambia, Guinea, Liberia
Mar 17	Tuesday	Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger
Mar 18	Wednesday	Comoros
Mar 19	Thursday	Comoros, Libya
Mar 20	Friday	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mayotte*, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Tunisia, Uganda
Mar 21	Saturday	Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Kenya, Libya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia
Mar 22	Sunday	Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco*, Sudan, Tunisia
Mar 23	Monday	Angola, Gambia, Ghana, Sudan
Mar 26	Thursday	Mali
Mar 29	Sunday	Central African Republic, Madagascar
Apr 2	Thursday	Cape Verde*
Apr 3	Friday	Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, eSwatini, Gambia, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Apr 4	Saturday	Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Seychelles, South Sudan, Sénégal, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Apr 5	Sunday	Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Namibia, South Sudan, Sudan*, Zambia
Apr 6	Monday	Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (DRC), Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, eSwatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mayotte, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Apr 7	Tuesday	Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania
Apr 9	Thursday	Tunisia*
Apr 10	Friday	Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia
Apr 12	Sunday	Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan*
Apr 14	Tuesday	Mauritius
Apr 17	Friday	Gabon
Apr 18	Saturday	Zimbabwe
Apr 19	Sunday	eSwatini
Apr 20	Monday	eSwatini
Apr 24	Friday	Niger
Apr 25	Saturday	eSwatini
Apr 26	Sunday	Tanzania
Apr 27	Monday	Mayotte, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo
Apr 28	Tuesday	Zambia
Apr 29	Wednesday	Cape Verde*
May 1	Friday	Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (DRC), Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, eSwatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia*, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
May 4	Monday	Namibia
May 5	Tuesday	Ethiopia
May 8	Friday	Mayotte, Réunion
May 14	Thursday	Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, eSwatini, Gabon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mayotte, Namibia, Réunion, Sénégal, Togo
May 15	Friday	Burkina Faso, Congo (DRC)*
May 16	Saturday	Congo (DRC), South Sudan
May 17	Sunday	Congo (DRC)
May 18	Monday	Somalia*
May 19	Tuesday	Cape Verde, Somalia
May 20	Wednesday	Cameroon
May 24	Sunday	Eritrea, Gabon, Madagascar
May 25	Monday	Bénin, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte, Namibia, Réunion, Sénégal, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe
May 26	Tuesday	Djibouti, Libya, Sudan
May 27	Wednesday	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda
May 28	Thursday	Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Guinea, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan*, Sudan, Tunisia
May 29	Friday	Libya, Sudan, Tunisia*
May 30	Saturday	Sudan
June 1	Monday	Cape Verde, Kenya
June 3	Wednesday	Uganda
June 4	Thursday	Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles
June 5	Friday	Equatorial Guinea
June 8	Monday	Burundi
June 9	Tuesday	Uganda
June 10	Wednesday	Congo (Republic)
June 12	Friday	Nigeria
June 16	Tuesday	Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Libya, Niger, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia
June 17	Wednesday	Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia*
June 18	Thursday	Seychelles
June 20	Saturday	Eritrea
June 21	Sunday	Togo
June 25	Thursday	Algeria, Gambia, Mozambique, Sénégal
June 26	Friday	Madagascar, Mali, Somalia, Somalia
June 27	Saturday	Djibouti
June 28	Sunday	Djibouti
June 29	Monday	Seychelles
June 30	Tuesday	Central African Republic, Congo (DRC)
July		Botswana, Burundi, Ghana, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania*
July		Rwanda
July		Algeria, Cape Verde
July		Comoros, Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia
July		Tanzania, Zambia
July		South Sudan
July		Sao Tome and Principe
July		Mayotte, Réunion
July		Lesotho
July		Botswana
July		Botswana
July		Gambia
July		Tunisia
July		Liberia, Niger
July		Liberia
July		Congo (DRC)*, Morocco, South Sudan
July		Congo (DRC)*
Aug		Bénin, Congo (DRC), Congo (DRC), Sénégal
Aug		Congo (DRC)
Aug		Equatorial Guinea, Niger, Zambia
Aug		Ghana
Aug		Burkina Faso
Aug		Côte d'Ivoire, Rwanda
Aug		Tanzania
Aug		South Africa
Aug		South Africa, Zimbabwe
Aug		Chad, Zimbabwe
Aug		Central African Republic, Tunisia*, Zambia
Aug		Morocco
Aug		Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sénégal, Togo
Aug		Gabon
Aug		Gabon, Gambia, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda
Aug		Morocco
Aug		Morocco
Aug		Liberia
Aug		Algeria, Burkina Faso, Bénin, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte*, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Tunisia
Aug		Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Morocco*, Namibia, Somalia
Aug		Gabon
Aug		eSwatini
Sep		Eritrea, Mali
Sep		eSwatini, Sao Tome and Principe
Sep		eSwatini, Mozambique
Sep		Eritrea, Ethiopia
Sep		Zimbabwe
Sep		Libya, Mauritius
Sep		Angola
Sep		Angola
Sep		Ghana
Sep		Mali
Sep		Guinea-Bissau, South Africa
Sep		Mozambique
Sep		Eritrea, Ethiopia
Sep		Botswana, Sao Tome and Principe
Oct		Botswana, Nigeria
Oct		Guinea
Oct		Lesotho, Mozambique
Oct		Mozambique
Oct		Uganda
Oct		Kenya
Oct		Equatorial Guinea
Oct		Burundi
Oct		Tanzania
Oct		Malawi, Tunisia*
Oct		Zambia
Oct		Zambia
Oct		Kenya
Oct		Burundi
Oct		Libya
Oct		Zambia
Oct		Burkina Faso
Nov		Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Madagascar, Mayotte, Réunion, Seychelles, Sénégal, Togo
Nov		Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Guinea-Bissau*, Mauritius, Seychelles
Nov		Liberia
Nov		Morocco
Nov		Mauritius
Nov		Mozambique*
Nov		Angola, Mayotte, Réunion
Nov		Comoros
Nov		Côte d'Ivoire
Nov		Morocco
Nov		Chad, Congo (Republic), Mauritania
Nov		Liberia
Nov		Liberia
Dec		Central African Republic, Chad
Dec		Ghana
Dec		Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles
Dec		Tanzania
Dec		Namibia
Dec		Burkina Faso
Dec		Kenya
Dec		South Africa
Dec		Tunisia
Dec		Niger
Dec		Réunion
Dec		Sao Tome and Principe
Dec		Zimbabwe
Dec		Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, South Sudan
Dec		Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (DRC), Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, eSwatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Dec		Botswana, eSwatini, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Dec		eSwatini
Dec		eSwatini, Gambia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda
Dec		Angola, Guinea-Bissau

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