The AU celebrates several key holidays or commemorative days as listed below
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Commemoration of the African Day of Peace and Reconciliation 31 January
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African Day of School Feeding 1st March
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Africa Environment and Wangari Maathai Day 3rd March
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African Union Day of Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda 7th April
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Day of the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale 23rd April
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Africa Day 25th May
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Africa Border Day 7th June
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Africa Child Day 16th June
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African Refugee Day/ World Refugee Day 20th June
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African Public Service Day 23rd June
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Day of Africa ‘s Scientific Renaissance 30th June
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African Integration Day 7th July
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African Anti-Corruption Day 11th July
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Africa Day of Seas and Oceans 25th July
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Africa’s Women Day 31st July
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Africa Day of Decentralisation and Local Development 10th August
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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Day 10th August
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African Traditional Medicine Day 31st August
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African Union Day 9th September
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Africa Human Rights Day 21st October
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Africa Food Security and Nutrition Day 30th October
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Africa Youth Day 1st November
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African Statistics Day 18th November
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Africa Industrialisation Day 20th November
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Africa Telecommunications and ICT Day 7th December
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Day of African Sport 14th December
