February
06

Today in African History

Historical Events

  • 1960 - Akinwumi Adesina, the eighth and current President of the African Development Bank, is born in Nigeria.
  • 2018 - Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, a Somali lawyer and judge, is appointed President of the International Court of Justice.
  • 1981 - The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War.
  • 2013 - Chokri Belaid, Tunisian lawyer and politician, is assassinated in El Menzah, Tunisia.

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