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🇲🇱 Martyrs' Day in Mali
Also known as: Democracy Day
Commemoration of the Batepá Massacre
Date in Mali
March 26
Instituted1991
Honors Christian converts killed for their faith in the 1880s.
Commemorates the victims of the 1953 Batepá massacre during Portuguese colonial rule
How Martyrs' Day is observed in Mali
Historical significance
Marks the overthrow of Moussa Traoré's regime.
Public life in Mali
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1961 Abbé Fulbert Youlou elected President in a national referendum as the sole candidate of the unified UDDIA-MSA coalition, receiving 97.56% of the vote. · Republic of the Congo
- 1979 Yusufu Lule, hastily invited as a compromise candidate, elected Chairman of the Uganda National Liberation Front at the Moshi Conference in Tanzania. · Uganda
Other countries celebrating Martyrs' Day
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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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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