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New Year's Day, Easter, Labor Day, Independence Day, All Saints' Day and Christmas Day are widely recognized and celebrated holidays. The other holidays listed are officially recognized by the government's Department of Labor (Direction Départementale du Travail) and are granted to government workers; the government requires that businesses operating in the country also recognize them, though ...
Date Name Comments January 1 New Year's Day [1] January 4 Martyrs Day: Beginning of independence movement, 1959. [2] January 16 Laurent-Désiré Kabila Assassination 2001 January 17 Patrice Lumumba Assassination 1961 April 6 Kimbangu's Day [3] 2023 May 1 Labour Day: May 17 Liberation Day: Zaire renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1997 [4 ...
Events. 13 March - The Ministry of Health announces the arrival of mpox in the country, with 43 cases reported in nine out of 12 departments. [2] 19 May - Several people are injured after a shell fired from neighboring Kinshasa during the 2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt flies across the Congo River and lands on a neighborhood ...
Tickets are $18, $20 or $22 depending on the date, and must be purchased online prior to attending. ... The 2024 Holiday Parade will follow the same route it has followed for years. Kicking off ...
9 October – The Democratic Republic of the Congo is elected to a seat at the United Nations Human Rights Council for a three-year term beginning in 2025. [ 49 ] 14 October – The government cancels auctions for exploring 27 sites across the country believed to contain about 22 billion barrels of oil, citing lack of bidders and late ...
From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1. Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Monday, January 15. Presidents’ Day ...
Here are all of Aldi's 2024 Advent calendars to make your holiday season a little brighter — including ones for your pets! Grab them before they sell out.
The 2024 United States presidential election was the 60th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. [3] The Republican Party's ticket—Donald Trump, who was the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and JD Vance, the junior U.S. senator from Ohio—defeated the Democratic Party's ticket—Kamala Harris, the incumbent U.S. vice president, and Tim ...