Sources: Gouvernement de Côte d'Ivoire (Abijan) and Ivory Coast bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Ivory Coast, through its Ministère de l’Emploi, des Affaires Sociales et de la Solidarité Nationale, has announced that it had declared Sunday, February 5, 2012, as a one-off national non-working public holiday (jour férié et chômé sur toute l'étendue du territoire national) on account of the upcoming Maouloud (Prophet's Birthday). [full story]