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Mozambican Civil War
The Mozambican Civil War, spanning from 1977 to 1992, was a brutal conflict that emerged shortly after Mozambique gained independence from Portugal in 1975. Fueled by ideological differences and foreign interventions, th...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
1Historical Events
6- 1966 Lesotho achieves independence from Britain. 🇱🇸 Lesotho
- 1966 Lesotho achieves independence from Britain. 🇱🇸 Lesotho
- 1992 End of the 15-year-long Mozambican Civil War. 🇲🇿 Mozambique
- 1993 Battle of Mogadishu occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two UN Peacekeepers and at least 600 Somalian militia men and civilians. 🇸🇴 Somalia
- 1993 Battle of Mogadishu kills 18 U.S. Special Forces, two UN Peacekeepers, and at least 600 Somalian militia and civilians. 🇸🇴 Somalia
- 2017 Joint Nigerien-American Special Forces are ambushed by Islamic State militants outside the village of Tongo Tongo. 🇳🇪 Niger
Famous Births
1- 1952 Zinha Vaz, Bissau-Guinean women's rights activist and politician, is born. 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
Famous Deaths
3- 1597 Sarsa Dengel, an Ethiopian emperor, dies. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
- 1963 Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti. Haiti
- 2012 Stan Mudenge, a Zimbabwean historian and politician, dies. 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
