Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1985 Julius Nyerere stepped down as President of Tanzania after 24 years in office, peacefully handing power to Ali Hassan Mwinyi.
PoliticsOn this day — November 5 in African history
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1985 
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1911 Italy formally annexed Tripoli and Cyrenaica, the territories that would become Libya, during the Italo-Turkish War.
PoliticsDeadly anti-Jewish riots broke out in Tripolitania (Libya), part of a wave of violence that week that killed more than 100 people across the region.
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