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Concord Day
Peace accord commemoration
Celebration date
April 24
Geographic reach
1 country
Concord Day is a national holiday in Niger, celebrating peace and unity.
Commemorates the peace accords ending the Tuareg Rebellion in 1995
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What this holiday commemorates
On this day in African history
- 1955 The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War. · Indonesia
- 1957 Suez Canal is reopened after the deployment of United Nations Emergency Force(UNEF) peacekeepers to the region, marking the end of the Suez Crisis/Sec...
- 1970 The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President. · The Gambia
- 2003 Winnie Mandela is sentenced to five years in jail over 43 counts of fraud and 25 of theft. · South Africa