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Safeguarding Senegal's Sovereignty
In response to perceived threats of external interference and a desire to assert their national sovereignty, Senegalese opposition parties joined forces under the guidance of Mamadou Dia and formed the Antiimperialist Ac...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
2Historical Events
9- 1889 An Anglo-Egyptian army defeats a Mahdist-Sudanese army at the Battle of Toski. 🇸🇩 Sudan
- 1940 World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland. 🇸🇴 Somalia
- 1959 Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people. 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
- 1960 Niger attains independence from France. 🇳🇪 Niger
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Lt-Col Teodoro Obiang Nguema mounts a coup d'état against his uncle in Equatorial Guinea. -
Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi. - 1992 A 48-hour strike begins in South Africa as part of a week of mass action aimed at forcing an immediate transition from white minority rule under apartheid to majority rule within a democratic system. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 1997 Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara. 🇩🇿 Algeria
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A military coup ends a 21 year-rule of Mauritania’s President Maaouya Ould Sid’Ahmed Taya ends while he is away at the funeral of Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd.
Famous Births
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Habib Bourguiba, the first president of Tunisia, is born. -
Jonas Savimbi born in Munhango, Bié Province, Portuguese Angola, to Helena and Lote Savimbi. -
Lucky Dube, a South African musician, is born. - 1981 Tim Rimbui, a Kenyan record producer, sound engineer and songwriter, is born. 🇰🇪 Kenya
