Post of Zanzibar — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1964 The Zanzibar Revolution overthrew the Sultan of Zanzibar and his mainly Arab government; the new state later merged with Tanganyika to form Tanzania.
PoliticsOn this day — January 12 in African history
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Post of Zanzibar — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1964 
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1872 Yohannes IV was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia at Axum, the first imperial coronation held in that ancient city in over 200 years.
HistoryCameroonian government forces killed 143 Boko Haram fighters while repelling an assault on the town of Kolofata near the Nigerian border.
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World Economic Forum — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1949 Hamadi Jebali, Tunisian engineer and politician who became prime minister after the 2011 revolution, was born.
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1916 P. W. Botha, who as South African prime minister and state president oversaw the height of apartheid-era repression, was born (died 2006).
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