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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
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	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 3	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
Apr 4	Saturday	Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Seychelles, South Sudan, Sénégal, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Apr 5	Sunday	Madagascar, Namibia, South Sudan, Sudan*
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 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	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, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan*, Sudan, Tunisia
May 29	Friday	Libya, Sudan, Tunisia*
May 30	Saturday	Sudan
June	Monday	Cape Verde, Kenya
June	Wednesday	Uganda
June	Thursday	Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles
June	Friday	Equatorial Guinea
June	Monday	Burundi
June	Tuesday	Uganda
June	Wednesday	Congo (Republic)
June	Friday	Nigeria
June	Tuesday	Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Libya, Niger, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia
June	Wednesday	Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia*
June	Thursday	Seychelles
June	Saturday	Eritrea
June	Sunday	Togo
June	Thursday	Algeria, Gambia, Mozambique, Sénégal
June	Friday	Madagascar, Mali, Somalia, Somalia
June	Saturday	Djibouti
June	Sunday	Djibouti
June	Monday	Seychelles
June	Tuesday	Central African Republic, Congo (DRC)
July	Wednesday	Botswana, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania*
July	Saturday	Rwanda
July	Sunday	Algeria, Cape Verde
July	Monday	Comoros, Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia
July	Tuesday	Tanzania, Zambia
July	Thursday	South Sudan
July	Sunday	Sao Tome and Principe
July	Tuesday	Mayotte, Réunion
July	Friday	Lesotho
July	Monday	Botswana
July	Tuesday	Botswana
July	Wednesday	eSwatini, Gambia
July	Saturday	Tunisia
July	Sunday	Liberia, Niger
July	Monday	Liberia
July	Thursday	Morocco, South Sudan
July	Friday	Congo (DRC), Congo (DRC)
Aug	Saturday	Bénin, Congo (DRC), Sénégal
Aug	Sunday	Congo (DRC)
Aug	Monday	Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Zambia
Aug	Tuesday	Ghana
Aug	Wednesday	Burkina Faso
Aug	Friday	Côte d'Ivoire, Rwanda
Aug	Saturday	Tanzania
Aug	Sunday	South Africa
Aug	Monday	South Africa, Zimbabwe
Aug	Tuesday	Chad, Zimbabwe
Aug	Thursday	Central African Republic, Tunisia*, Zambia
Aug	Friday	Morocco
Aug	Saturday	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	Sunday	Gabon
Aug	Monday	Gabon, Gambia, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda
Aug	Thursday	Morocco
Aug	Friday	Morocco
Aug	Monday	Liberia
Aug	Tuesday	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Bénin, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte*, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sénégal, Tanzania, Tunisia
Aug	Wednesday	Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Morocco*, Namibia, Somalia
Aug	Sunday	Gabon
Aug	Monday	eSwatini
Sep	Tuesday	Eritrea, Mali
Sep	Sunday	eSwatini, Sao Tome and Principe
Sep	Monday	eSwatini, Mozambique
Sep	Friday	Eritrea, Ethiopia
Sep	Tuesday	Zimbabwe
Sep	Wednesday	Libya, Mauritius
Sep	Thursday	Angola
Sep	Friday	Angola
Sep	Monday	Ghana
Sep	Tuesday	Mali
Sep	Thursday	Guinea-Bissau, South Africa
Sep	Friday	Mozambique
Sep	Sunday	Eritrea, Ethiopia
Sep	Wednesday	Botswana, Sao Tome and Principe
Oct	Thursday	Botswana, Nigeria
Oct	Friday	Guinea
Oct	Sunday	Lesotho, Mozambique
Oct	Monday	Mozambique
Oct	Friday	Uganda
Oct	Saturday	Kenya
Oct	Monday	Equatorial Guinea
Oct	Tuesday	Burundi
Oct	Wednesday	Tanzania
Oct	Thursday	Malawi, Tunisia*
Oct	Sunday	Zambia
Oct	Monday	Zambia
Oct	Tuesday	Kenya
Oct	Wednesday	Burundi
Oct	Friday	Libya
Oct	Saturday	Zambia
Oct	Saturday	Burkina Faso
Nov	Sunday	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bénin, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Madagascar, Mayotte, Réunion, Seychelles, Sénégal, Togo
Nov	Monday	Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Mauritius, Seychelles
Nov	Thursday	Liberia
Nov	Friday	Morocco
Nov	Sunday	Mauritius
Nov	Tuesday	Mozambique*
Nov	Wednesday	Angola, Mayotte, Réunion
Nov	Thursday	Comoros
Nov	Saturday	Guinea-Bissau
Nov	Sunday	Côte d'Ivoire
Nov	Wednesday	Morocco
Nov	Saturday	Chad, Congo (Republic), Mauritania
Nov	Sunday	Liberia
Nov	Monday	Liberia
Dec	Tuesday	Central African Republic, Chad
Dec	Friday	Ghana
Dec	Tuesday	Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles
Dec	Wednesday	Tanzania
Dec	Thursday	Namibia
Dec	Friday	Burkina Faso
Dec	Saturday	Kenya
Dec	Wednesday	South Africa
Dec	Thursday	Tunisia
Dec	Friday	Niger
Dec	Sunday	Réunion
Dec	Monday	Sao Tome and Principe
Dec	Tuesday	Zimbabwe
Dec	Thursday	Angola*, Libya, South Sudan
Dec	Friday	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	Saturday	Botswana, eSwatini, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Dec	Sunday	eSwatini
Dec	Monday	eSwatini, Gambia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda
Dec	Thursday	Angola*

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