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Breaking Boundaries: The Birth of the Somali Republic
In 1960, a momentous event occurred as the Trust Territory of Somaliland, previously under Italian rule, achieved independence from Italy. Simultaneously, it joined forces with the recently established State of Somalilan...
Historical Events
30- 1895 The East African Protectorate is established by Britain, with Mombasa as its capital.
- 1954 (c.) British Privy Council rejects the final appeal petition of the Kapenguria Six and cements the colonial convictions. 🇰🇪 Kenya
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Kariuki Chotara attempts to assassinate Jomo Kenyatta inside Lokitaung detention camp before Waruhiu Itote intervenes. - 1960 Ghana becomes a republic. 🇬🇭 Ghana
- 1960 The Trust Territory of Somaliland gains independence from Italy and merges with the State of Somaliland to form the Somali Republic. 🇸🇴 Somalia
- 1960 1960 – The Trust Territory of Somaliland gains independence from Italy and merges with the State of Somaliland to form the Somali Republic.
- 1960 1960 – Ghana becomes a republic.
- 1962 Rwanda and Burundi attain independence from Belgium.
- 1962 Rwanda and Burundi attain independence from Belgium.
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Jamshid bin Abdullah, the shortest serving and the last Sultan of Zanzibar, begins his reign. -
Kwame Nkrumah forces the retirement of Major General Stephen Otu, Chief of Defence Staff, and his deputy Lieutenant General Joseph Arthur Ankrah over suspected coup conspiracies. - 1966 The African Development Bank begins operations with its headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
- 1968 (c.) Kenya government appoints Kitili Maluki Mwendwa as the country's first black African Chief Justice. 🇰🇪 Kenya
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Unknown assassins kill Tom Mboya, intensifying political tensions and distrust within Kenya. -
Oscar Kambona named as the primary external instigator and tried in absentia in Tanzania's first formal treason trial, accused of channeling funds from London to plot a coup, charges he vigorously denies. -
Yusufu Lule removed as Makerere Principal as Milton Obote uses the Makerere University Act to replace him with Frank Kalimuzo. - 1970 The University of Dar es Salaam is established.
- 1971 The University of Benin, founded in 1970, becomes a full-fledged university.
- 1971 Major General Joseph Ndolo resigns as Chief of the Defence Staff under pressure from the Kenyatta administration. 🇰🇪 Kenya
- 1975 Ethiopia’s military government nationalises all urban land, rental houses and apartments. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
- 1975 Ethiopia’s military government nationalises all urban land, rental houses and apartments. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
- 1975 Ethiopia’s military government nationalises all urban land, rental houses and apartments.
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Charles Njonjo negotiates secretly with Israeli emissaries to let the Israeli military use Nairobi airport as a refueling and medical stopover during Operation Entebbe. -
Kuaima Riruako elected in absentia by the OvaHerero Chiefs' Council as the substantive Paramount Chief while in Paris, France, with his reign retroactively dated to 27 March 1978. -
The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park & Mausoleum is opened in Accra, Ghana.
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The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park & Mausoleum is opened in Accra, Ghana.
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Charles Njonjo appointed Chairman of the Kenya Wildlife Service Board by President Moi, guiding the agency through severe financial distress and restructuring. -
Navin Ramgoolam returns to the premiership leading the Alliance Sociale, which wins 38 of 60 mainland seats and launches structural reforms shifting Mauritius toward financial services, IT, and luxury real estate. - 2007 Burundi and Rwanda become full members of the East African Community.
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The East African Common Market Protocol, permiting the free movement of workers, capital, goods and services within the EAC, is launched by the chairman of the EAC, Kenya President Mwai Kibaki.
Famous Births
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The first president of Botswana, Seretse Khama, is born.
