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  • Paul Ngei
    πŸ›οΈ 1959 πŸ‡°πŸ‡ͺ Kenya
    Paul Ngei transferred from Lokitaung prison to house arrest in Lodwar after years of imprisonment.
  • Tom Mboya
    πŸ“ˆ 1965 πŸ‡°πŸ‡ͺ Kenya
    Tom Mboya presents Sessional Paper No. 10 to Parliament, outlining Kenya’s capitalist-oriented post-colonial economic framework.
  • Samora Machel
    πŸ—³οΈ 1969 (c.) πŸ‡²πŸ‡Ώ Mozambique
    Marcelino dos Santos elected to the three-person FRELIMO Presidential Council alongside Samora Machel and Uria Simango following Eduardo Mondlane's assassination.
  • Julius Nyerere
    πŸ›οΈ 1971 (c.) πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡Ώ Tanzania
    Revolutionary Council delegates led by Dr. Joseph Ouma Muga travel to Dar es Salaam seeking weapons support from President Julius Nyerere.
  • Charles Njonjo
    πŸ›οΈ 1980 πŸ‡°πŸ‡ͺ Kenya
    Charles Njonjo retires from the state law office at age 60 after seventeen years as Attorney General to enter electoral politics.
  • Hassan Al-Turabi
    πŸ›οΈ 1991 (c.) πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡© Sudan
    Hassan al-Turabi establishes the Popular Arab and Islamic Conference (PAIC) in Khartoum to create an internationalist militant network.
  • Hassan Al-Turabi
    πŸ—³οΈ 1996 πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡© Sudan
    Hassan al-Turabi elected Speaker of the National Assembly, reinforcing his position as the supreme civilian leader of the Sudanese regime.

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