- 1961 — Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte.
- 1997 — Charles Taylor wins Liberia's presidential election.
- 2011 — Guinean President Alpha Condé survives an attempted assassination and coup d'état at his residence in Conakry.
- 1949 — Kgalema Motlanthe, the 3rd President of South Africa, is born.
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Tupe tupate, tumtupie Tapu.
Swahili (Kenya)
Translation: Give (it) to us so we can have (it) in order to pass (it) on to Tapu.
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Nenyoon
Our
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Nenyoon imbarani kawo agoi oret.
en
This is our piece of land from here up to the road.
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