2021 in West Africa

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This is a list of events in 2021 in West Africa .

Contents

Incumbents

Benin

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Burkina Faso

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Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)

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Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

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The Gambia

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Ghana

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Guinea

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Guinea-Bissau

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Liberia

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Mali

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Mauritania

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Niger

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Nigeria

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Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

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Senegal

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Sierra Leone

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Togo

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Monthly events

January and February

March and April

Scheduled and programmed events

Elections

Holidays

January and February

March and April

May and June

July and August

September and October

  • September 21 – Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day, Ghana. [37]
  • September 22 – Independence Day, Mali (from France, 1960). [41]
  • September 24 – Independence Day, Guinea-Bissau (from Portugal, 1974). [40]
  • September 25 – Grand Magal of Touba, Muslim pilgrimage in Senegal. [47]
  • October 2 – Independence Day, Guinea (from France, 1958), [46]
  • October 1 – National day, Nigeria (independence from the UK, 1960), [45]
  • October 18/19 – Maouloud, Muslim Feast of the Birth of the Prophet.
  • October 26 – Baptism of Muhammad, Muslim feast celebrated in Mali. [41]
  • October 31 – Martyrs' Day, Burkina Faso (2015 Burkinabé coup d'état). [36]

November and December

Culture

Sports

Deaths

See also

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