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Second Republic Day
Commemorates the establishment of the Second Republic
Celebration date
April 3
Geographic reach
1 country
Commemorates the establishment of the Second Republic of Guinea in 1984.
Marks a significant political transition in Guinea's history
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What this holiday commemorates
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. 路 Sierra Leone
- 1941 British and Indian troops captured Asmara after the fall of Keren fortress, ending Italian colonial control of Eritrea. 路 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. 路 Uganda
- 2020 Researchers at Drimolen published findings on the oldest known Homo erectus skull, dating to approximately two million years ago. 路 South Africa