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The Rwandan Peace Accord
In a historic and poignant ceremony, the Government of the Republic of Rwanda and the Rwandan Patriotic Front, the main rebel group, finally put an end to the devastating Rwandan civil war that had torn the nation apart...
Historical Events
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President Alphonse Massamba-Debat of the Republic of Congo resumes office one day after having been ousted by a military coup. - 1974 The NRC implements Operation Keep Right, shifting Ghana's traffic from left-hand to right-hand driving across the country. 🇬🇭 Ghana
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President of Upper Volta, Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, is ousted in a coup d'état led by Thomas Sankara. -
President of Upper Volta, Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, is ousted in a coup d'état led by Thomas Sankara.
- 1984 The Republic of Upper Volta is Renamed Burkina Faso.
- 1993 The Government of the Republic of Rwanda and the Rwandan Patriotic Front sign a peace agreement, ending the Rwandan civil war.
Famous Births
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Abeid Karume, the first president of Zanzibar, is born.
