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A Journey to Peace
In a pivotal moment in 2005, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Naivasha, Kenya, effectively concluding the Second Sudanese Civil War. This hist...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
1Historical Events
5- 1960 Construction on the Aswan Dam starts in Egypt.
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The University of Abidjan, later renamed Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, after Côte d’Ivoire's first president, is founded. - 2005 The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War in Naivasha, Kenya.
- 2005 Sudanese government and Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army execute the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Nairobi to stop the civil war. 🇰🇪 Kenya
- 2011 South Sudanese voters cast ballots in a self-determination referendum, with over ninety-eight percent choosing secession from Sudan. 🇸🇩 Sudan
Famous Births
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Ahmed Sékou Touré, the first president of Guinea, is born. -
Ahmed Sékou Touré born in Faranah along the Niger River in French Guinea, into a Malinké peasant family claiming descent from anti-colonial resistance leader Samori Ture.
Famous Deaths
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Malam Bacai Sanhá, the fourth president of Guinea-Bissau, dies.
