Annual carnival celebration
Major cultural festival featuring music, dance, and masquerade performances
Regional
Carnival of Bissau
Annual carnival celebration
On this day in African history
- 1890 Ali bin Said begins his three-year rule as Sultan of Zanzibar.
- 1976 Major-General Olusegun Obasanjo becomes military ruler of Nigeria after the assassination of Gen. Murtala Muhammed.
- 2000 The 22nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations is the first to be hosted by two countries: Nigeria and Tunisia. Cameroon wins its third Cup championshi...
- 2005 Tunisia’s first private television channel, Hannibal TV, starts broadcasting via satellite. · Tunisia
- 2018 South African President Jacob Zuma is ordered to step down by his party, the ANC, following allegations of widespread corruption.