Allegiance Day
Commemorates the recovery of Oued Ed-Dahab region
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Oued Ed-Dahab Day
Allegiance Day
On this day in African history
- 1595 Portuguese authorities execute rebel leader Rei Amador by hanging and quartering to suppress the island-wide slave uprising. · Portugal
- 1961 British colonial authorities release Jomo Kenyatta from restriction in Maralal and escort him back to Gatundu. · Kenya
- 2004 Kuaima Riruako's reparations campaign secures its first major diplomatic breakthrough as Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul delivers the first formal... · Namibia
- 2008 Nigeria hands over the potentially oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, ending a long-standing dispute over the territory.
- 2013 Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.
- 2017 Massive mudslides leave sections of Freetown, Sierra Leone, buried killing 1,141 people and leaving 3,000 homeless.