Public holidays in Sierra Leone

This is a list of holidays in Sierra Leone.[1] National holidays are non-working days only, and employers have to give workers the day off but they do not have to pay them. Businesses are not required to close.[2]

Public holidays

Date Name Description
January 1 New Year's Day
February 18 Armed Forces Day In 2002 President Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah officially declared the End of the Sierra Leone Civil War[3]
April 27 Independence Day From the United Kingdom, 1961
May 1 Labour Day International Workers' Day
December 25 Christmas Day
December 26 Boxing Day
Friday of Holy Week
March or April		 Good Friday Crucifixion of Jesus
Monday after Easter
March or April		 Easter Monday Christian Feast of the Resurrection
1 Shawwal Korité End of Ramadan, Muslim Breaking of the Fast
10 Dhu al-Hijjah Tabaski Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice
12 Rabi' al-awwal Mawlid Prophet Mohammed's Birthday

References

  1. ^ List
  2. ^ "Sierra Leone Public Holidays". PublicHolidays.africa. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  3. ^ "SIERRA LEONE ARMED FORCES DAY". Cocorioko. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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