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Archives New Zealand — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 2003 Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, whose brutal 1971–79 rule killed an estimated 300,000 people, died in exile in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
DeathOn this day — August 16 in African history
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Archives New Zealand — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 2003 South African police shot and killed 34 striking miners at the Lonmin platinum mine near Marikana, the deadliest use of force by security forces since the end of apartheid.
PoliticsThree African-born soldiers of the 1st West India Regiment, including the rebellion's leader Daaga, were executed in Trinidad for their role in the St. Joseph Mutiny.
HistoryUmaru Musa Yar'Adua, who served as president of Nigeria from 2007 until his death in office in 2010, was born in Katsina.
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Christian Lambiotte, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1972 Morocco's air force fired on King Hassan II's plane in a failed coup attempt as he flew back to Rabat, one of two attempts on his life that year.
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