Stella Sigcau, prime minister of the South African Bantustan of Transkei, was ousted in a bloodless military coup led by General Bantu Holomisa.
PoliticsOn this day — December 30 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
The Wilaya of Relizane massacres killed about 400 people across four villages, among the worst incidents of Algeria's civil-war insurgency.
TragedyAnti-government forces attacked key government buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in clashes that killed over 100 people.
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European Union / European Parliament — Attribution, Wikimedia Commons 1935 Omar Bongo, who ruled Gabon as president for more than four decades, was born.
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Koffi.noel — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1933 Timité Bassori, the pioneering Ivorian filmmaker, actor and writer regarded as a founder of West African cinema, was born.
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