CC0, Wikimedia Commons 1960 Army chief of staff Joseph-Désiré Mobutu staged his first coup in the Congo, sidelining both President Kasa-Vubu and Prime Minister Lumumba amid the Congo Crisis.
PoliticsOn this day — September 14 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
CC0, Wikimedia Commons 1960 Guinea-Bissau President Kumba Ialá was ousted in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra.
Politics
CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1924 Abioseh Nicol, the Sierra Leonean physician, academic, and diplomat celebrated as one of West Africa's leading writers, was born in Freetown.
Birth
Photo by Iamowino — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1961 Freeman Mbowe, the Tanzanian opposition leader who chairs the Chadema party and became a prominent voice against one-party dominance, was born.
Birth
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 258 Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage and influential early Christian theologian in Roman North Africa, was beheaded during Emperor Valerian's persecution of Christians.
Death