Ceiling of Debre Birhan Selassie church, Gondar, Ethiopia. Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence · Source
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Angolan and Cuban forces fought South African troops to a standstill at the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, a turning point that helped pave the way for Namibian independence.
Sources: South African History Online ; The Heritage Portal ; Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies (Stellenbosch University)
War
The original uploader was Kguirnela at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1991 Forces of the Revolutionary United Front, backed by Charles Taylor's rebels, invaded Sierra Leone, sparking its eleven-year civil war.
Sources: Special Court for Sierra Leone ; Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
War
ZeLonewolf, CC0, Wikimedia Commons 2014 The World Health Organization reported the first cases of what became the largest Ebola outbreak in history, in rural Guinea.
Sources: World Health Organization ; BBC News
Science
NASA JSC ISS image library, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons The container ship Ever Given ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal in Egypt for six days, disrupting global trade.
Sources: BBC News ; Suez Canal Authority
Politics
Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1983 Mo Farah, Somali-born British long-distance runner and multiple Olympic champion, was born.
Sources: World Athletics ; Olympedia
Birth
Georges Boulougouris, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2012 Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, former President of Somalia, died.
Sources: BBC News ; Voice of America
DeathNigeria's president, Muhammadu Buhari, issued an order vesting ownership of the Benin artefacts looted in 1897, and custody of those returned, in the Oba of Benin. It was published in the Official Gazette dated March 28.
Sources: Journal of African History ; Cultural Property News
Read the full article: 1897 and the Benin Bronzes
Politics