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Martyrs' Day
Commemoration of the Batepá Massacre
Celebration date
October 31
Geographic reach
12 countries
Honors Christian converts killed for their faith in the 1880s.
Commemorates the victims of the 1953 Batepá massacre during Portuguese colonial rule
Celebrated in 12 countries
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Burkina Faso
Oct 31
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DRCongo
Jan 4
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Eritrea
Jun 20
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Gabon
May 6
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Libya
Sep 16
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Madagascar
Mar 29
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Malawi
Mar 3
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Mali
Mar 26
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Sao Tome and Principe
Feb 3
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Togo
Jun 21
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Tunisia
Apr 9
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Uganda
Jun 3
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What this holiday commemorates
- 1998 During Togo's election, a general seizes and stops the vote count as President Eyadéma falls behind. The military declares him the winner, resulting i... · Togo
- 1998 During Togo's election, the military seizes the vote count and declares President Eyadéma the winner as he falls behind, resulting in hundreds of fata... · Togo
On this day in African history
- 1956 Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal. · Egypt
- 1956 The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal. · Egypt
- 1993 25 people are killed during a Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match. · Ghana
- 1993 Twenty-five people are killed during a Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match. · Ghana
- 2011 The global human population reaches seven billion, now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion.
- 2015 Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board. · Egypt