Second Republic Day

Commemorates the establishment of the Second Republic

Marks a significant political transition in Guinea's history

What this holiday commemorates

• 1984 Ahmed Sékou Touré's party-state collapses as a military junta under Colonel Lansana Conté seizes power, dissolves the PDG, and dismantles his socialis... · Guinea

On this day in African history

• 1818 Eighty armed men attacked a slave trading outpost on the Kerefe River, a pivotal moment in the rise of the predatory Galinhas state. · Sierra Leone
• 1941 British and Indian troops captured Asmara after the fall of Keren fortress, ending Italian colonial control of Eritrea. · Eritrea
• 1960 The Mali Federation united the Sudanese Republic and Senegal as an early post-colonial attempt at pan-African regional integration.
• 1994 The 7th Pan African Congress opened in Kampala, Uganda, convening over 2,000 diaspora delegates during South Africa's first democratic elections. · Uganda
• 2020 Researchers at Drimolen published findings on the oldest known Homo erectus skull, dating to approximately two million years ago. · South Africa

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