04JAN2018 - Holiday Today - Congo

Congo - Day of the Martyrs of Independence
January 4 is Day of the Martyrs of Independence, the national holiday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and it commemorates several hundred people who died in a peaceful march.
Day of the Martyrs of Independence, or Martyrs' Day, is connected with the peaceful march in 1959 against Belgian colonialism. Hundreds of ordinary Congolese came into streets to demand for independence in a prohibited political manifestation. This march got out of hand and Belgian security forces shot the demonstrators with live fire.

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