UtCon Collection — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1962 The Évian Accords were signed, ending the eight-year Algerian War of Independence from France.
IndependenceOn this day — March 18 in African history
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UtCon Collection — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1962 The Kumasi Mutiny began as Asante forces in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) rose up against British colonial rule.
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Bernard Gagnon — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 2015 Gunmen attacked the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, Tunisia, killing 24 people, mostly foreign tourists.
PoliticsF. W. de Klerk, last State President of apartheid-era South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was born.
Birth
Attribution, Wikimedia Commons 1977 Marien Ngouabi, President of the Republic of the Congo, was assassinated.
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