Moussa Traoré, the army officer who ruled Mali as its second president for 23 years after a 1968 coup, was born in Kayes.
BirthOn this day — September 25 in African history
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1962 The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria was formally proclaimed, with Ferhat Abbas elected president of the provisional government following independence from France.
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1964 The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal began, launched by the FRELIMO liberation movement.
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Photo by Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist and founder of the Green Belt Movement who became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, died of cancer in Nairobi.
DeathThe international Slavery Convention, the first global treaty to formally suppress the slave trade and slavery, was opened for signature at the League of Nations.
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