Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1943 German General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a counter-attack against Allied positions in the Battle of Sidi Bou Zid during the Tunisia Campaign.
BattleOn this day — February 14 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1943 An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon; a resulting explosion while people scavenged the spilled fuel kills about 120 people.
Tragedy
CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2018 Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa under pressure from his own party.
PoliticsAt least 22 people, including children, are killed in the Ngarbuh massacre in an attack on a village in Northwest Region, Cameroon.
Tragedy
CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1978 Danai Gurira, American-Zimbabwean actress and playwright, is born.
Birth
CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2018 Morgan Tsvangirai, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe and longtime opposition leader, dies.
Death