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.
WarOn this day — March 23 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Birth
Georges Boulougouris — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2012 Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, former President of Somalia, died.
Death