Anglo-Zulu War (1879):
The Anglo-Zulu War was a conflict between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom from January 11 to July 4, 1879, in South Africa.
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1993 - South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections.
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1966 - Ambroise Noumazalay is named Prime Minister of the Congo Republic.
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1941 – Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa from exile. The country commemorates the date as Patriots' Victory Day/Meyazia 27.
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Today In History [2nd of May]
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1927 – Albert Zafy, 3rd President of Madagascar, is born.
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1962 - 1st French underground nuclear test in the Sahara at Ecker, Algeria.
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Today In History [27th of April]
1960 - Togo gains independence from France.
1961 - Sierra Leone gains independence from the British.
1972 – Kwame Nkrumah, 1st President of Ghana, dies.
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Today In History [26th of April]
1941 - South African troops capture the Abyssinian(Ethiopian) fortress of Dessie during World War II.
1963 – Constitution amendments transform Libya into one national unity and women are allowed to vote.
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Today In History [25th of April]
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1961 - France conducted its fourth nuclear bomb test in the Sahara Desert.
1986 -…
Today In History [24th of April]
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1957 – Suez Canal is reopened after the deployment of United Nations…
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