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

DateNameDescription
January 1New Year's Day
February 18Armed Forces DayIn 2002 President Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah officially declared the End of the Sierra Leone Civil War[3]
April 27Independence DayFrom the United Kingdom, 1961
December 25Christmas Day
December 26Boxing Day
Friday of Holy Week
March or April
Good FridayCrucifixion of Jesus
Monday after Easter
March or April
Easter MondayChristian Feast of the Resurrection
1 ShawwalKoritéEnd of Ramadan, Muslim Breaking of the Fast
10 Dhu al-HijjahTabaskiMuslim Feast of the Sacrifice
12 Rabi' al-awwalMawlidProphet 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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