Public Domain (Egypt), Wikimedia Commons Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, the influential Pan-Arabist and Pan-Africanist leader, died of a heart attack in Cairo.
DeathOn this day — September 28 in African history
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Public Domain (Egypt), Wikimedia Commons Guinean security forces opened fire on opposition supporters gathered at a stadium in Conakry, killing at least 150 people in what became known as the Conakry stadium massacre.
TragedyFrench mercenary Bob Denard led an armed group that seized control of the Comoros in a coup, the last of several such interventions he staged on the islands.
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Photo by Abdirisak — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2012 Somali government and African Union forces launched a coordinated assault to retake the strategic port city of Kismayo from al-Shabaab militants.
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1961 A military coup in Damascus effectively ended the United Arab Republic, the political union between Egypt and Syria that Gamal Abdel Nasser had championed since 1958.
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