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Bandung Conference
In 1955, in the bustling city of Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, a meeting of twenty-nine Asian and African states, many of which had recently gained independence, was held. This gathering, known as the Bandung Conference...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
1Historical Events
5- ? National Day of Concorde (Niger) - Marks the anniversary of a Peace Accord signed in 1995. 🇳🇪 Niger
- 1957 Suez Canal is reopened after the deployment of United Nations Emergency Force(UNEF) peacekeepers to the region, marking the end of the Suez Crisis/Second Arab-Israeli War.
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The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President. -
Winnie Mandela is sentenced to five years in jail over 43 counts of fraud and 25 of theft. -
Named on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world
Famous Births
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Kuaima Riruako born as Issaskar Kakuremdiro in the rural settlement of Otjewe within the Aminuis Constituency of eastern South West Africa, into the royal Tjamuaha-Maharero lineage. -
Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa born in Mampong in the Ashanti Region of the British Gold Coast colony.
Famous Deaths
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Oliver Tambo, a South African anti-apartheid politician, dies. -
Oliver Tambo dies in Johannesburg at the age of 75 after suffering complications from a stroke.
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Congolese singer Papa Wemba dies. -
Died after collapsing on stage at the FEMUA festival in Abidjan
