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Safeguarding Senegal's Sovereignty
In response to perceived threats of external interference and a desire to assert their national sovereignty, Senegalese opposition parties joined forces under the guidance of Mamadou Dia and formed the Antiimperialist Ac...
Historical Events
11- 1960 Niger attains independence from France.
- 1960 Niger attains independence from France. 🇳🇪 Niger
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Lt-Col Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea mounts a coup d’état against his uncle, Marcias Nguema. -
Lt-Col Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea mounts a coup d’état against his uncle, Marcias Nguema.
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Lt-Col Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea mounts a coup d’état against his uncle, Marcias Nguema.
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Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi. - 1992 A 48-hour strike begins in South Africa as part of a week of mass action aimed at forcing an immediate transition from white minority rule under apartheid to majority rule within a democratic system.
- 1997 Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre takes place in Algeria.
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A military coup ends a 21 year-rule of Mauritania’s President Maaouya Ould Sid’Ahmed Taya ends while he is away at the funeral of Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd. -
A military coup ends a 21 year-rule of Mauritania’s President Maaouya Ould Sid’Ahmed Taya ends while he is away at the funeral of Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd.
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A military coup ends a 21 year-rule of Mauritania’s President Maaouya Ould Sid’Ahmed Taya ends while he is away at the funeral of Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd.
Famous Births
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Habib Bourguiba, the first president of Tunisia, is born. -
Jonas Savimbi, an Angolan rebel leader, is born. -
Lucky Dube, a South African musician, is born. - 1981 Tim Rimbui, a Kenyan record producer, sound engineer and songwriter, is born.
