Twin bombings struck a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
PoliticsOn this day — June 9 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
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Deyda Hydara, the Gambian journalist and press-freedom advocate who co-founded the newspaper The Point, was born.
BirthBrian Williamson, a pioneering Jamaican LGBT-rights activist who co-founded J-FLAG, was killed.
DeathAli Kushayb, a Darfur militia commander wanted for war crimes, was transferred into the custody of the International Criminal Court after voluntarily surrendering in the Central African Republic.
PoliticsNigerian singer D'banj, who helped popularize Afrobeats internationally, was born.
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