On this day — November 18 in African history

Morocco marked the dawn of its independence when Sultan Mohammed V declared the end of the French protectorate, a date still celebrated as Morocco's Independence Day.

British colonial police shot dead 21 striking coal miners and wounded dozens more at the Iva Valley colliery in Enugu, Nigeria, an event that galvanized Nigeria's independence movement.

South Africa's Multi-Party Negotiating Forum adopted an interim constitution, a landmark package agreement that laid the legal foundation for the country's first democratic elections.