A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 15 Egyptian pilgrims and injures 130 others.
TragedyOn this day — February 8 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1931 Shadia, celebrated Egyptian actress and singer of the golden age of Egyptian cinema, is born.
Birth
CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1940 Sophie Lihau-Kanza, Congolese politician who became the first woman to serve as a government minister in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is born.
Birth
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1981 Steve Gohouri, Ivorian international footballer, is born.
BirthKeegan Meth, Zimbabwean international cricketer, is born.
Birth
CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1986 Anderson .Paak, Grammy Award-winning American singer, songwriter and producer, is born.
Birth
CC BY 3.0 BR, Wikimedia Commons 2025 Sam Nujoma, founding President of Namibia and leader of its independence movement, dies.
Death