Tunisia became a French protectorate under the Treaty of Bardo.
Sources: U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian ; Museum With No Frontiers / University of Manouba (Sharing History)
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Ceiling of Debre Birhan Selassie church, Gondar, Ethiopia. Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence · Source
On this day: May 12 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Ana Nascimento/ABr, CC BY 3.0 br, Wikimedia Commons 1929 Sam Nujoma, founding President of independent Namibia, was born.
Sources: University of Namibia (UNAM) ; Sam Nujoma Foundation
BirthEritrean forces occupied the border town of Badme, the flashpoint that ignited the two-year Eritrean-Ethiopian War.
Sources: European Journal of International Law (Christine Gray, University of Cambridge) ; United Nations, Reports of International Arbitral Awards, vol. XXVI ; BBC News
HistoryAfriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashed on approach to Tripoli, Libya, killing 103 of the 104 people aboard.
Sources: Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives (BAAA) ; BBC News ; The Guardian
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2006 Hussein Maziq, who served as Prime Minister of Libya under King Idris, died.
Sources: World Statesmen ; World Leaders Index ; Libyan Legal Society (المجمع القانوني الليبي)
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