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June
12

Today in African History

Historical Events

8
  • Isma'il Pasha
    🏰 1821 🇸🇩 Sudan
    Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
  • Nelson Mandela
    🏛️ 1964 🇿🇦 South Africa
    Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and other anti-apartheid leaders are sentenced to life imprisonment in Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Hassan Gouled Aptidon
    🗳️ 1981 🇩🇯 Djibouti
    Hassan Gouled Aptidon wins Djibouti Presidential election.
  • 🏛️ 1986 South Africa declares a national state of emergency.  🇿🇦 South Africa
  • Jean-Bédel Bokassa
    🏛️ 1987 🇨🇫 Central African Republic
    The Central African Republic's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
  • Mohammed Farah Aidid
    ⚔️ 1993 🇸🇴 Somalia
    UN forces launch an offensive against Somali warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid.
  • Moshood Abiola
    🗳️ 1993 🇳🇬 Nigeria
    Moshood Abiola wins Nigerian election, results later annulled by Ibrahim Babangida's military government.
  • 🤝 2006 Cameroon and Nigeria sign the Greentree Agreement that ends a border dispute involving the petroleum-rich Bakassi Peninsula. 

Famous Births

1
  • 🌟 1938 Jean-Marie Doré, the 11th Prime Minister of Guinea, is born.  🇬🇳 Guinea

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