John Mathew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons Nelson Mandela was born in Mvezo, in South Africa's Eastern Cape.
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Unknown author, CC0, Wikimedia Commons The Rwandan Patriotic Front declared the civil war and genocide over as the defeated government fled into Zaire.
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South Africa The Good News, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 2010 The United Nations marked the first Nelson Mandela International Day, established the previous year to honor his legacy.
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Marie Madeleine Rignot-Dubaux — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1857 French colonial officer Louis Faidherbe arrived to relieve French forces at Kayes, Senegal, effectively ending El Hadj Umar Tall's resistance against French expansion.
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Bruno Christophe — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1910 Mamadou Dia, who became the first prime minister of independent Senegal, was born.
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