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๐ง๐ซ New Year's Day in Burkina Faso
First day of the calendar year
Date in Burkina Faso
January 1
Public life in Burkina Faso
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1928 Milton Margai returns to Sierra Leone as the Protectorate's first indigenous medical doctor and enters the Colonial Medical Service. ยท Sierra Leone
- 1929 Abbรฉ Fulbert Youlou enters the Petit Sรฉminaire of Brazzaville, beginning formal Catholic religious training that shapes his later political identity. ยท Republic of the Congo
- 1948 Milton Margai publishes "Welfare Work in a Secret Society" in African Affairs, documenting collaboration with the Sande society to modernize maternal... ยท Sierra Leone
- 1950 Milton Margai retires from the Colonial Medical Service to dedicate himself fully to political organization and constitutional reform. ยท Sierra Leone
- 1956 Ahmed Sรฉkou Tourรฉ elected as a deputy to the French National Assembly in Paris, using the platform to critique colonial policy. ยท France
- 1958 Milton Margai narrowly defeats Albert Margai in an internal SLPP leadership contest that exposes ideological divisions within the independence movemen... ยท Sierra Leone
Other countries celebrating New Year's Day
๐ฉ๐ฟ
Algeria
Jan 1
๐ฆ๐ด
Angola
Jan 1
๐ง๐ฏ
Benin
Jan 1
๐ง๐ผ
Botswana
Jan 1
๐ง๐ฎ
Burundi
Jan 1
๐จ๐ป
Cape Verde
Jan 1
๐จ๐ฒ
Cameroon
Jan 1
๐จ๐ซ
Central African Republic
Jan 1
๐น๐ฉ
Chad
Jan 1
๐ฐ๐ฒ
Comoros
Jan 1
๐จ๐ฌ
Congo
Jan 1
๐จ๐ฉ
DRCongo
Jan 1
๐จ๐ฎ
Cรดte d'Ivoire
Jan 1
๐ฉ๐ฏ
Djibouti
Jan 1
๐ช๐ฌ
Egypt
Jan 1
๐ฌ๐ถ
Equatorial Guinea
Jan 1
๐ช๐ท
Eritrea
Jan 1
๐ธ๐ฟ
Eswatini
Jan 1
๐ฌ๐ฆ
Gabon
Jan 1
๐ฌ๐ฒ
Gambia
Jan 1
๐ฌ๐ญ
Ghana
Jan 1
๐ฌ๐ณ
Guinea
Jan 1
๐ฌ๐ผ
Guinea-Bissau
Jan 1
๐ฐ๐ช
Kenya
Jan 1
๐ฑ๐ธ
Lesotho
Jan 1
๐ฑ๐ท
Liberia
Jan 1
๐ฑ๐พ
Libya
Jan 1
๐ฒ๐ฌ
Madagascar
Jan 1
๐ฒ๐ผ
Malawi
Jan 1
๐ฒ๐ฑ
Mali
Jan 1
๐ฒ๐ท
Mauritania
Jan 1
๐ฒ๐บ
Mauritius
Jan 1
๐ฒ๐ฆ
Morocco
Jan 1
๐ฒ๐ฟ
Mozambique
Jan 1
๐ณ๐ฆ
Namibia
Jan 1
๐ณ๐ช
Niger
Jan 1
๐ณ๐ฌ
Nigeria
Jan 1
๐ท๐ผ
Rwanda
Jan 1
๐ธ๐น
Sao Tome and Principe
Jan 1
๐ธ๐ณ
Senegal
Jan 1
๐ธ๐จ
Seychelles
Jan 1
๐ธ๐ฑ
Sierra Leone
Jan 1
๐ธ๐ด
Somalia
Jan 1
๐ฟ๐ฆ
South Africa
Jan 1
๐ธ๐ธ
South Sudan
Jan 1
๐น๐ฟ
Tanzania
Jan 1
๐น๐ฌ
Togo
Jan 1
๐น๐ณ
Tunisia
Jan 1
๐บ๐ฌ
Uganda
Jan 1
๐ฟ๐ฒ
Zambia
Jan 1
๐ฟ๐ผ
Zimbabwe
Jan 1