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The Kiriji War
In 1877, the Kiriji War erupted in West Africa, pitting the Yoruba of the Ibadan Kingdom against their eastern counterparts, the Ekiti-Parapo Yoruba, in a civil conflict. The oppressed eastern kingdoms, including Ijesa,...
Historical Events
6- 1877 The Kiriji War, a civil war between the Yoruba peoples of the western Ibadan Kingdom and the eastern Ekiti-Parapo Yoruba people, begins.
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Sierra Leone chief Bai Bureh and two other leaders of the anti-British Hut Tax Uprising of 1898 are exiled to Ghana, and his followers executed. -
The news programmes on state television – the only TV news allowed in Zaire by dictator Mobutu Sese Seko – begin every broadcast with an image of Mobutu’s head floating through clouds, while a chorus sings his praises. -
The news programmes on state television – the only TV news allowed in Zaire by dictator Mobutu Sese Seko – begin every broadcast with an image of Mobutu’s head floating through clouds, while a chorus sings his praises.
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The news programmes on state television – the only TV news allowed in Zaire by dictator Mobutu Sese Seko – begin every broadcast with an image of Mobutu’s head floating through clouds, while a chorus sings his praises.
- 2006 The first multi-party elections in forty years take place in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Famous Deaths
6- 1976 Madagascar’s Prime Minister Joel Rakotomalala dies in a helicopter crash in the Indian Ocean off the Madagascar coast.
- 1976 Madagascar’s Prime Minister Joel Rakotomalala dies in a helicopter crash in the Indian Ocean off the Madagascar coast. 🇲🇬 Madagascar
- 1976 Madagascar’s Prime Minister Joel Rakotomalala dies in a helicopter crash in the Indian Ocean off the Madagascar coast. 🇲🇬 Madagascar
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Sudanese colonel and politician, John Garang, dies. - 2009 Mohammed Yusuf, leader of Boko Haram, dies.
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Shona Ferguson, Botswana-born, South African actor and executive producer, dies.
