Source:Afribone (Bamako)
Posted: Tuesday, November 7, 2006
The Catholic Church is again petitioning the Mali government for the recognition of November 1st (All Saint's Day) and August 15th (Assumption) as public holidays.
Currently (2005-07-04), the Mali government observes the Christian public holidays of Christmas and Easter Monday.
Links and References
Below are links to the news stories referred to in the above "Mali Asked To Add 2 Christian Public Holidays" news story, as well as links to subsequents news stories which refer to the present news story.