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US Department of State, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2002 The Pretoria Accord was signed between the DRC and Rwanda in an effort to end the Second Congo War.
Sources: Voice of America ; ACCORD
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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: July 30 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
US Department of State, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2002 
Plus TV Africa, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons Nigerian singer, actress, and politician Onyeka Onwenu died.
Sources: Pulse Nigeria ; Blueprint Newspapers
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USAID, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons John Garang, the Sudanese rebel leader and first president of the autonomous Government of Southern Sudan, died in a helicopter crash three weeks after being sworn in as Sudan's first vice president, more than six months after the peace deal that ended the country's civil war.
Sources: Al Jazeera ; Council on Foreign Relations
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DeathMohammed Yusuf, the founder of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, died in police custody after a violent uprising.
Sources: France 24 ; Al Jazeera
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SouthAfricanCitizen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2021 Shona Ferguson, the Botswana-born South African actor and film producer, died.
Sources: Sowetan ; Encyclopedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance (ESAT), Stellenbosch University
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