Iamdelcioborges — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1575 Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais founded Luanda, which grew into the capital of Angola and one of Africa's largest cities.
HistoryOn this day — January 25 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Iamdelcioborges — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1575 
Photo by Bernard Gotfryd — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1971 Idi Amin led a military coup that deposed President Milton Obote while he was abroad, seizing power in Uganda and beginning eight years of brutal dictatorship.
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Mona — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 2011 Mass street demonstrations, strikes, and civil disobedience erupted across Egypt, marking the start of the 2011 Egyptian revolution that would end Hosni Mubarak's presidency.
PoliticsAnge-Félix Patassé, who served as President of the Central African Republic from 1993 to 2003, was born (died 2011).
BirthManuel Lopes, pioneering Cape Verdean novelist and poet regarded as a founding figure of the nation's literature, died at age 97.
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