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Day of the African Child

Every African child deserves a future.

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Day of the African Child

When is Day of the African Child?

Every year on June 16.

What is Day of the African Child?

Marked since 1991 on 16 June, the day remembers the 1976 Soweto uprising, when students protesting for quality education were shot, and champions children's rights today.

Source: African Union ↗

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