Day honoring mothers and rural women
This holiday is celebrated on World Rural Women's Day
Observance
Mother's Day
Day honoring mothers and rural women
On this day in African history
- 1979 Ahmed Sékou Touré awarded the Collar of the Order of Civil Merit by Spain. · Guinea
- 1985 Hassan al-Turabi founds the National Islamic Front (NIF) following the overthrow of the Gaafar Nimeiry dictatorship. · Sudan
- 1994 Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president. · South Africa