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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
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
Friday Angola, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Togo
Saturday Burkina Faso
Sunday Congo (DRC)
Tuesday eSwatini
Wednesday Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Sudan
Thursday Bénin
Friday Bénin
Sunday Morocco
Monday Algeria, Tanzania
Tuesday Cape Verde
Wednesday Morocco
Thursday Congo (DRC), Malawi
Friday Comoros, Congo (DRC), Djibouti, Mayotte*, Somalia*
Saturday Congo (DRC)
Monday Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tuesday Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali
Sunday Angola*
Monday Uganda
Sunday Mauritius, Mauritius, Rwanda
Monday Rwanda
Tuesday Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe
Wednesday Angola
Thursday Burundi
Wednesday Cameroon, Liberia
Sunday Mauritius
Monday Angola, Uganda
Tuesday Angola, Cape Verde*, Libya, Mauritius
Wednesday Cape Verde*, Gambia, Sierra Leone
Saturday Zimbabwe
Monday Ethiopia
Tuesday Malawi
Friday Ghana
Sunday Angola, Burkina Faso, Chad, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar*, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia
Monday Burkina Faso, Chad, Sierra Leone, Zambia
Wednesday Lesotho, Liberia
Thursday Mauritius, Zambia
Sunday Liberia
Monday eSwatini, Gambia, Guinea, Liberia
Tuesday Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger
Wednesday Comoros
Thursday Comoros, Libya
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
Saturday Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Kenya, Libya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Somalia*, South Africa, South Sudan*, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia
Sunday Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco*, Sudan, Tunisia
Monday Angola, Gambia, Ghana, Sudan
Thursday Mali
Sunday Central African Republic, Madagascar
Friday Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde*, eSwatini, Gambia, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe*, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Saturday Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Seychelles, South Sudan, Sénégal, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Sunday Madagascar, Namibia, South Sudan, Sudan*, Zambia
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
Tuesday Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania
Thursday Tunisia*
Friday Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia
Sunday Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan*
Friday Gabon
Saturday Zimbabwe
Sunday eSwatini
Monday eSwatini
Friday Niger
Saturday eSwatini
Sunday Tanzania
Monday Mayotte, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo
Tuesday Zambia
Wednesday Cape Verde*
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
Monday Namibia
Tuesday Ethiopia
Friday Mayotte, Réunion
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
Friday Burkina Faso, Congo (DRC)
Saturday South Sudan
Sunday Congo (DRC)
Monday Somalia*
Tuesday Cape Verde*, Somalia*
Wednesday Cameroon
Sunday Eritrea, Gabon, Madagascar
Monday Bénin, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte, Namibia, Réunion, Sénégal, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Tuesday Djibouti, Libya, Sudan
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
Thursday Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco*, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia*, South Sudan*, Sudan, Tunisia
Friday Libya, Sudan, Tunisia*
Saturday Sudan
Monday Cape Verde, Kenya
Wednesday Uganda
Thursday Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles
Friday Equatorial Guinea
Monday Burundi
Tuesday Uganda
Wednesday Congo (Republic)
Friday Nigeria
Tuesday Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia*, Libya, Niger, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania*, Tunisia
Wednesday Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia*
Thursday Seychelles
Saturday Eritrea
Sunday Togo
Thursday Algeria, Gambia, Mozambique, Sénégal
Friday Madagascar, Mali, Somalia, Somalia
Saturday Djibouti
Sunday Djibouti
Monday Seychelles
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 Morocco, South Sudan
July Congo (DRC), Congo (DRC)
Aug Bénin, Congo (DRC), Sénégal
Aug Congo (DRC)
Aug Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, 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, Mauritius, Seychelles
Nov Liberia
Nov Morocco
Nov Mauritius
Nov Mozambique*
Nov Angola, Mayotte, Réunion
Nov Comoros
Nov Guinea-Bissau
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*, 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*

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