On this day — August 12 in African history

Sudan's transitional government announced it would hand over former President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face charges of genocide and war crimes in Darfur.

South Africa was banned from the Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee over its apartheid policies, a suspension that lasted until 1992.

Ladi Kwali, the celebrated Nigerian potter whose traditional Gwari pottery techniques gained international recognition and later appeared on the Nigerian 20-naira note, died.