Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
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Somada — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1973 Amílcar Cabral, the leader of the independence movements in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, was assassinated in Conakry, Guinea, months before Guinea-Bissau declared independence.
Source: BlackPast
Death
Joost Evers, Anefo — CC BY-SA 3.0 NL, Wikimedia Commons 1986 Lesotho Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan was ousted in a military coup led by General Justin Lekhanya.
Source: Britannica
Politics
Photo Division, Government of India — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1994 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenya's first vice president and a leading opposition figure for decades, died at age 82.
Source: Britannica
Death
Chatham House — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 2021 Sibusiso Moyo, the Zimbabwean general and foreign minister who announced the 2017 military takeover that ended Robert Mugabe's rule, died of COVID-19 at age 60.
Death