Featured Story
Central African Republic Claims Sovereignty in Africa's Transformative Year
On August 13, 1960, the Central African Republic formally declared independence from France, joining a historic wave of African nations reclaiming sovereignty. Landlocked at the continent's heart, the nation emerged from...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
1Historical Events
3- 1960 The Central African Republic declares independence from France. 🇨🇫 Central African Republic
-
Abbé Fulbert Youlou faces the Trois Glorieuses uprising as striking workers and unemployed youth storm the Brazzaville prison and ignite mass protests. - 2004 One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi. 🇧🇮 Burundi
Famous Births
1-
Oscar Kambona born in Kwambe, a village near Mbamba Bay on Lake Nyasa in the Mbinga District of southern Tanganyika, into an elite but financially constrained household headed by his father, Anglican priest David Kambona.
Famous Deaths
1-
Died, two years after being forced out of the bank he founded