Liberation Day in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Liberation Day in Democratic Republic of the Congo is held on May 17. This event in the second decade of the month May is annual. 
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With a landmass of 2.34 million square kilometre, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the second-largest country in Africa after Algeria. There are over 250 dialects spoken throughout the country. French is the national language, though Lingala is widely spoken by a population of close to 90 million. Liberation Day is a public holiday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, observed on May 17th. This day marks the 1997 coup that brought Laurent-Désiré Kabila to power following the First Congo War.
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