On this day — August 22 in African history

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Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first prime minister and president who led the country from independence in 1963 until his death, died in his sleep in Mombasa.

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Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was released from prison and placed under house arrest while awaiting retrial following the 2011 revolution that ended his 30-year rule.

Rhodesia was expelled from the International Olympic Committee over its racist minority-rule policies.

Huey P. Newton, the co-founder of the Black Panther Party, was shot and killed in Oakland, California.

Ethnic clashes over grazing and water rights in Kenya's Tana River District left more than 52 people dead.