Cultural Preservation and Religious Tolerance
In 1886, King Mwanga II of the Buganda people in East Africa reaches the culmination of his campaign to eradicate Christian influences that he perceives as detrimental to traditional African culture. As part of this eff...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
1Historical Events
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J. M. Kariuki's assassination inquiry reaches Parliament as the Mwangale Committee implicates senior Kenyan security officials. - 2019 Khartoum massacre: In Sudan, over 100 people are killed when security forces accompanied by Janjaweed militiamen storm and open fire on a sit-in protest. πΈπ© Sudan
- 2023 Appointed a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences πΏπ¦ South Africa
Famous Deaths
2- 2012 A plane carrying 153 people crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board plus six people on the ground. π³π¬ Nigeria
- 2012 A plane carrying 153 people crashes in a Lagos neighborhood, killing all aboard and six people on the ground. π³π¬ Nigeria