- 1981 — One week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat, Hosni Mubarak is voted in as Egypt's president.
- 1978 — Swaziland promulgates a new constitution banning political parties and opposition to the absolute monarch.
- 2012 — Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is accidentally shot at and injured by the military.
- 2017 — Albert Zafy, the fourth President of Madagascar, dies.
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Rwagasore was a prime minister who fought for independence. He was assassinated in 1961.
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Rao luor liel liel luor rao
Dholuo (Kenya)
Translation: Hippopotamus go round the grave the grave go round the hippopotamus.
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Been
Indicates past tense
Breakdown: Been is commonly used for past tense. Adding it to a verb turns the verb into past tense. Eg "dey" represents is/am/are, was/were now becomes "been dey"
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I been dey sleep when you been call me
en
I was asleep when you called me
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