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Independence Day Of Algeria 5 July

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WAELE AFRICA Foundation Wishes to congratulate the government and people of Algeria on the occasion of her National Day and 61 independence. We wish your country and all its people happiness, continued success and prosperity.  This national holiday is celebrated on July 5th each year. The holiday was established to celebrate the anniversary of Algeria's independence from France on July 5th 1962.  History From the start of the sixteenth century, Algeria had been under partial rule of the Ottoman Empire. In 1830, the country was invaded by France. The conquest of Algeria was a long and bloody affair, and unusually for French foreign territories, Algeria's status was that it was treated as being part of France rather than as a colony. Emigration from Europe to Algeria was encouraged by the French, with tribal lands confiscated by the French government and Europeans even becoming the majority of the population in some cities like Algiers. In the middle of the twentieth century, lo...

Independence Day Of Malawi 6 July

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  WAELE AFRICA Foundation Wishes to congratulate the government and people of Malawi on the occasion of her National Day and 57 independence. We wish your country and all its people happiness, continued success and prosperity. Independence Day is a public holiday in Malawi observed on July 6th each year. If July 6th falls on a weekend, the following Monday will be a public holiday. Also known as Republic Day, this is Malawi's National Day and commemorates independence from Britain on this day in 1966. Independence Day is a public holiday in Malawi observed on July 6th each year. If July 6th falls on a weekend, the following Monday will be a public holiday. Also known as Republic Day, this is Malawi's National Day and commemorates independence from Britain on this day in 1966. History  Independence Day is a public holiday in Malawi observed on July 6th each year. If July 6th falls on a weekend, the following Monday will be a public holiday. Also known as Republic Day, this is M...

Independence Day Of Comoros - 6 July

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WAELE AFRICA Foundation Wishes to congratulate the government and people of Comoros on the occasion of her National Day and 48 independence. We wish your country and all its people happiness, continued success and prosperity Independence Day is a public holiday in Comoros, observed on July 6th each year. This is the National Day of Comoros and commemorates the country's independence from France on this day in 1975. History Comoros is a series of three islands (Grande Comore, Anjouan and Moheli) located in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa. The islands first encountered Europeans when Portuguese explorers at the start of the 16th century, though it was France who established colonial rule on Mayotte (the westernmost of the islands) in 1841 when a local king ceded the island to France. Political infighting amongst the Islanders meant that resistance to the French appropriation was limited and by 1908 France had unified the islands under one administration. In 1912 the ...

Independence Day Of Cape Verde 5 July

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  WAELE AFRICA Foundation Wishes to congratulate the government and people of Cape Verde on the occasion of her National Day and 48 independence. We wish your country and all its people happiness, continued success and prosperity. Independence Day is a public holiday in Cape Verde, observed on July 5th each year. This is the National Day of Cape Verde and commemorates the country's independence from Portugal on this day in 1975. History Cape Verde is an island country consisting of 10 volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Northwest Africa. The islands were uninhabited when they were discovered by Portuguese navigators in the middle of the 15th century. Portuguese settlers arrived in 1462, establishing the first permanent European settlement in the tropics. The islands benefited from their position, first as a stopping off point for the Atlantic slave trade and then as a location for re-supplying ships bound for the Americas. The call for nationalism had grown loud...