Photo by Demosh — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons Wangari Maathai of Kenya was announced winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first African woman to receive the honor.
ScienceOn this day — October 8 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Photo by Demosh — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons Mongo Beti, Cameroonian novelist and outspoken critic of colonial and post-colonial governance, died in Douala.
DeathThe UN General Assembly called on states to lift economic sanctions against South Africa as the apartheid system neared its end.
PoliticsSouth Africa held its first general election, for white voters only, since becoming a republic in 1961.
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Photo by Discott — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1934 Kader Asmal, South African anti-apartheid legal scholar and human rights activist who later served as a cabinet minister in post-apartheid governments, was born.
BirthMathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Congolese militia commander later tried and acquitted by the International Criminal Court over the 2003 Bogoro massacre in Ituri, was born.
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