This week in African history

28 May – 3 June
France is accused by the Human Rights Arms Project of arming and training the Hutu extremists who organised the genocide in Rwanda; Eastern region of Nigeria, Biafra, secedes from the country; Joseph-Désiré Mobutu's military government in the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death; and a bill to curtail land ownership and voting rights of Asians in South Africa is adopted by the government. Find out more...