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July
07

Today in African History

Historical Events

7
  • 🎭 ? World Kiswahili Language Day 
  • 🏛️ 1954 Tanzanian political party, the Tanganyika African National Union(TANU) is formed.
  • 🏛️ 1971 Chief Justice Kitili Mwendwa resigns after public exposure of his links to the coup conspiracy. 🇰🇪 Kenya
  • 🏛️ 1990 Saba Saba (seven seven in Swahili) protest seeking democratic reforms takes place in Kenya.
  • 🏛️ 2014 Africa’s northernmost point is formally declared to be Cape Angela on Tunisia’s Mediterranean coast. 🇹🇳 Tunisia
  • 🔬 2017 Ghana launches its first nano-satellite, GhanaSat­-1. 🇬🇭 Ghana
  • 📈 2019 The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is officially launched in Niger.

Famous Deaths

1
  • Francisco Mendes
    1939 – 1978 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
    Francisco Mendes, the 1st Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, dies.

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