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Kolwezi: When Cold War Powers Seized Africa's Copper Heart
In May 1978, rebel forces seized Kolwezi, the mining center of Shaba Province in Zaire. The city's strategic importance—central to the nation's copper and cobalt production—made its occupation a crisis for the Mobutu gov...
Historical Events
5- 1881 Tunisia becomes a French protectorate. 🇹🇳 Tunisia
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Muhammad III as-Sadiq accepts the Treaty of Bardo under French military threat, surrendering Tunisia's foreign relations and defense to France. - 1962 Dahomey, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Upper Volta sign the treaty in Paris establishing the West African Monetary Union. 🇸🇳 Senegal
- 1978 In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order. 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Godfrey Binaisa deposed by the UNLF's Military Commission after attempting to remove Brigadier David Oyite Ojok, then placed under house arrest at State House in Entebbe.
Famous Births
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Sam Nujoma born at Etunda, a village in Ongandjera, Ovamboland, to peasant parents Helvi Mpingana Kondombolo and Daniel Uutoni Nujoma.