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Peace Day
Celebration of peace achievement
Celebration date
April 4
Geographic reach
1 country
Commemorates the end of the Angolan Civil War in 2002.
Celebrates the end of the Angolan Civil War
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What this holiday commemorates
On this day in African history
- 1941 British-led Indian troops captured the town of Adigrat from Italian forces during the East African Campaign. 路 Ethiopia
- 1959 The Pan Africanist Congress held its founding convention in Soweto, electing Robert Sobukwe as first president. 路 South Africa
- 1960 Senegal signed the transfer of power agreement with France, establishing April 4 as the country's national Independence Day. 路 Senegal
- 1966 ZANLA guerrillas crossed from Zambia into Rhodesia in the first major armed incursions of the liberation war. 路 Zimbabwe
- 1985 A general strike paralyzed Sudan as part of a mass popular uprising against President Nimeiry's 16-year rule. 路 Sudan