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Landmark Diplomatic Resolution
Nigeria handed over the potentially oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon in 2008, bringing an end to the prolonged dispute over the territory. After years of contention, this resolution marked a significant diplomatic...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
1Historical Events
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Portuguese authorities execute rebel leader Rei Amador by hanging and quartering to suppress the island-wide slave uprising. - 1791 Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution. Haiti
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British colonial authorities release Jomo Kenyatta from restriction in Maralal and escort him back to Gatundu. -
Kuaima Riruako's reparations campaign secures its first major diplomatic breakthrough as Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul delivers the first formal German government apology for the genocide at the Omahakari centenary commemoration. - 2008 Nigeria hands over the potentially oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, ending a long-standing dispute over the territory. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
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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. 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
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Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda breaks Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele’s 16-year-old 5,000m world record with a run of 12:35.36 at the Diamond League meet in Monaco. -
Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda breaks Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele's 16-year-old 5,000m world record with a run of 12:35.36 at the Diamond League meet in Monaco.
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Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda breaks the 5,000m world record with a run of 12:35.36 at the Diamond League meet in Monaco.
- 2021 A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes southwestern Haiti, killing at least 2,248 people and causing a humanitarian crisis. Haiti
Famous Births
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Dick Tiger (Richard Ihetu), a Nigerian boxer, is born. -
Dick Tiger, a Nigerian boxer, is born.
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Kofi Kingston (Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah), a Ghanaian wrestler and the only African-born world champion in WWE history, is born. -
Kofi Kingston, a Ghanaian wrestler, is born and becomes the only African-born world champion in WWE history.
Famous Deaths
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Masinde Muliro collapses and dies at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Embakasi, Nairobi, upon returning from a fundraising mission in London.
