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The Kiriji War
In 1877, the Kiriji War erupted in West Africa, pitting the Yoruba of the Ibadan Kingdom against their eastern counterparts, the Ekiti-Parapo Yoruba, in a civil conflict. The oppressed eastern kingdoms, including Ijesa,...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
2Historical Events
8- 1877 The Kiriji War begins between the Yoruba peoples of the western Ibadan Kingdom and the eastern Ekiti-Parapo Yoruba people in Nigeria. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- 1877 The Kiriji War, a civil war between the Yoruba peoples of the western Ibadan Kingdom and the eastern Ekiti-Parapo Yoruba people, begins. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
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Sierra Leone chief Bai Bureh and two other leaders of the anti-British Hut Tax Uprising of 1898 are exiled to Ghana, and his followers executed. - 1986 Organization of African Unity (OAU) adopts the Language Plan of Action for Africa in Addis Ababa, establishing the early regional guidelines for indigenous language development. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
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The news programmes on state television – the only TV news allowed in Zaire by dictator Mobutu Sese Seko – begin every broadcast with an image of Mobutu’s head floating through clouds, while a chorus sings his praises. - 2006 The first multi-party elections in forty years take place in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 2021 ACALAN launches the annual African Languages Week in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to elevate the social and educational status of indigenous languages. 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
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President William Ruto assents to the Conflict of Interest Act, 2025, which repeals the Public Officer Ethics Act, 2003, and criminalizes the act of public officers trading with their own employers.
Famous Deaths
9- 1976 Madagascar's Prime Minister Joel Rakotomalala dies in a helicopter crash in the Indian Ocean off the Madagascar coast. 🇲🇬 Madagascar
- 1976 Madagascar’s Prime Minister Joel Rakotomalala dies in a helicopter crash in the Indian Ocean off the Madagascar coast. 🇲🇬 Madagascar
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First Vice President John Garang dies in a helicopter crash in bad weather while returning to South Sudan from Uganda. -
Sudanese colonel and politician, John Garang, dies.
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Sudanese colonel and politician John Garang dies.
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Mohammed Yusuf, leader of Boko Haram, dies. -
Mohammed Yusuf, leader of Boko Haram, dies in Nigeria.
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Shona Ferguson, Botswana-born, South African actor and executive producer, dies. -
Shona Ferguson, Botswana-born South African actor and executive producer, dies.
