SrA Felicia Wilson, U.S. DoD — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1967 Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrew President Nicolas Grunitzky in a coup and installed himself as President of Togo, a position he held for the next 38 years.
PoliticsOn this day — April 14 in African history
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SrA Felicia Wilson, U.S. DoD — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1967 
Voice of America — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2014 Boko Haram militants abducted 276 schoolgirls from a boarding school in Chibok, Nigeria, in a mass kidnapping that drew global attention through the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.
HistoryBoko Haram bombed a crowded bus station in Nyanya, near Nigeria's capital Abuja, killing at least 88 people.
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Koen Suyk / Anefo — CC0, Wikimedia Commons 1925 Abel Muzorewa, Zimbabwean bishop and politician who became the first and only Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia, was born near Umtali, Southern Rhodesia.
BirthA protest in Monrovia, Liberia, against a proposed increase in the price of rice turned violent, leaving more than 70 people dead in clashes with police.
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