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At 2:15 pm British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, receives the following news from Allied C-in-C General Harold Alexander in North Africa: "Sir, it is my duty to report that the... (about.com)

At 11:15 am Giovanni Messe, promoted to Field Marshal of the Italian First Army, is authorized to capitulate by Mussolini: "As the aims of your resistance can be considered achieved,... (about.com)

One of the most significant things to have happened on the 10th of May in African history was the inauguration in 1994 of Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa,... (about.com)

Born John Rowlands in Denbigh, Wales, on 28 January 1841, Henry Morton Stanley was the journalist and explorer for the New York Herald famous for his expedition to Africa to... (about.com)

The Riekert Commission was appointed in the 1970s to investigate the employment conditions of blacks in South Africa. The commission's final report published in 1979 recommended that those blacks already... (about.com)

As a result of Operation STRIKE, which started at 3:00 am the previous morning, General Sir Harold Alexander's 18th Army Group capture Bizerte and Tunis. The intense artillery barrage in... (about.com)

The last Allied offensive in North Africa, Operation STRIKE, begins at 3:00 am with an intense artillery barrage in the Medjerda valley. (The barrage is five times the density... (about.com)

Exactly five years after Addis Ababa fell to Mussolini's troops, Emperor Haile Selassie was reinstalled on the Ethiopian throne. He reentered the city through streets lined with black and white... (about.com)

At the conclusion (4 May 1990) of a meeting between the South African government and the recently unbanned African National Congress, ANC, at the presidential residence in Cape Town, both... (about.com)

This is a powerful film about the Rwandan Genocide, although curiously set around the experiences of two white people: a priest, Father Christopher (played by John Hurt), and a school... (about.com)

Adinkra is a cloth produced in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire which has traditional Akan symbols stamped upon it - the symbols represent proverbs, historical events, particular attitudes, or philosophical concepts.... (about.com)

Escalation, a new American President, and a failure to honor treaties, led to a declaration of war between the Barbary State of Tripolitania and the United States of America.Recorded as... (about.com)

Karen, USA, emailed me recently saying: "I read The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay. It is a fictionalized account of South Africa. I have a question about... (about.com)

San rock art often depicts the animals found in Southern Africa. Such images are skilfully rendered, with a variety of poses, and a close understanding of the animal's form -... (about.com)

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Thirteen ministers of the recently ousted government (William Richard Tolbert's True Whig Party) in Liberia are executed by order of the 'Redemption Council' of Sergeant Samuel Kanyon Doe's ruling military... (about.com)

This Day in African History: first reports of the Rwandan genocide are starting to appear in the international press.Find out more about how survivors of the Rwandan genocide are coming... (about.com)

On the night of 4 April, 1906, Bambatha kaMancinza, one of the chiefs of the Zondi clan, had gathered together his warriors and attacked a police patrol, killing four white... (about.com)

Since independence on 18 April 1980, Zimbabwe has had a troubled existence. In the early 80s Mugabe clamped down on oppositi8on by the minority Ndebele people, under the leadership of... (about.com)

The text of the Lusaka Manifesto is agreed by leaders of East and Central African states at the end of the Lusaka summit. The manifesto states that "all men are... (about.com)

Twelve years ago the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa opened. One of the best books about the process, Country of My Skull, was written by South African journalist... (about.com)

Nelson Mandela admits that dissident guerrillas were tortured by the African National Congress (ANC) during a statement given on 14 April 1990, but says that those responsible have already been... (about.com)

Idi Amin is deposed as president of Uganda after Ugandan exiles, backed by the Tanzanian army, seizes the capital Kampala. Yusufu Kironde Lule of the Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF)... (about.com)

The Zulu nation, forged by Shaka, was a powerful force in southern Africa. Invaded by Voortrekkers, subdued by the British, and eventually absorbed into South Africa, the many battles fought... (about.com)

The South African Identity Number of the 1970s and 80s enshrined the Apartheid era ideal of racial registration. It was brought in to effect by the 1950 Population Registration Act... (about.com)

The assassination of Chris Hani, the charismatic leader of the South African Communist Party, on 10 April 1993 was pivotal to the ending of Apartheid. Find out why he was... (about.com)

President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara of Niger, leader of the Union Nationale des Indépendants pour la Renouveau Démocratique (UNIRD, Union of Independents for Democratic Renewal) and formally military Chairman of the... (about.com)

Jomo Kenyatta (who was known to his followers as Burning Spear) and five other co-accused were sentenced to seven years hard labor for their alleged part in the Mau Mau... (about.com)

The Unlawful Organisations Act No 34 of 1960 takes effect, allowing the Apartheid government in South Africa to declare unlawful any organization deemed to threaten public order. The ANC and... (about.com)

President Juvénal Habyarimana of Rwanda and President Cyprien Ntaryamira of Burundi, plus a number of government officials are killed, when their aircraft is brought down by a missile on its... (about.com)

What connects South Africa's Frontier Wars and the Xhosa Cattle-Killing of 1856-57? Find out more from these African History glossary entries: Frontier Wars Cattle-Killings (1856-57) Nongqawuse (1841-98) Hintsa (c.1790-1835) Sarili (1820-1878) ... (about.com)

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