Spain, Morocco, and Mauritania signed the Madrid Accords, under which Spain agreed to cede administrative control of Western Sahara, a decision that has fueled a territorial dispute ever since.
PoliticsOn this day — November 14 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1922 Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the Egyptian diplomat who became the first Arab and first African Secretary-General of the United Nations, was born in Cairo.
Birth
Cape Argus/Associated Press, 1977 — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1977 An inquest into the death in custody of anti-apartheid Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko opened in Pretoria, drawing worldwide media attention to South Africa's detention practices.
Death