Ali Zifan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2013 A reported coup attempt in South Sudan triggered fighting that escalated into a devastating civil war.
Sources: BBC News ; Human Rights Watch ; Council on Foreign Relations
Politics
Ceiling of Debre Birhan Selassie church, Gondar, Ethiopia. Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence · Source
On this day: December 14 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Ali Zifan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2013 Mohamed Saad, one of Egyptian cinema's most popular comic actors, was born.
Sources: Youm7 (Al-Youm Al-Sabea) ; Networking Knowledge (MeCCSA Postgraduate Network)
Birth
Radio Okapi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2014 Louis Alphonse Koyagialo, who served as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, died.
Sources: Radio Okapi ; Congo Planet (Agence Congolaise de Presse)
Death