At the Battle of Tondibi, invading Moroccan forces armed with firearms defeated the much larger Songhai Empire army in what is now Mali.
WarOn this day — March 13 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
The British Army and The Illustrated London News — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1900 British forces occupied Bloemfontein, capital of the Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
War
Nova3web — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 2016 Gunmen attacked hotels in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast, killing at least 19 people.
Politics
Christian Lambiotte / European Communities — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2014 Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean politician credited with guiding the country to peace after its civil war, died.
Death