24 – 30 SeptemberThe kingdom of the Ashanti is annexed by the British; President FW de Klerk and ANC leader Nelson Mandela reach a deal for majority rule in South ... Read More

17 – 23 SeptemberMali becomes an independent republic with Modibo Keita as president, anthropologists digging in the Middle Awash region of Ethiopia discover Ardipithecus ramidus, King Leopold II of Belgium ... Read More

10 – 16 SeptemberSteve Biko, founder of the Black Consciousness movement in South Africa, dies in a Pretoria prison cell; Britain invades the island of Madagascar; South African Prime Minister ... Read More

A new survey from the United Nations puts 12 sub-Saharan nations at the 20-worst countries on the list of living standards, with Niger rock bottom. Life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa ... Read More

Danie Theron, a true Afrikaner patriot believing in the just and divine right of the Boer to stand against British interference, died during the Second Anglo-Boer War in an inferno ... Read More

3 – 9 SeptemberJulius Kambarage Nyerere becomes Chief Minister of Tanganyika; Danie Theron, a true Afrikaner patriot, dies during the Second Anglo-Boer War in an inferno of lyddite and shrapnel; ... Read More

Given the number of significant early-human fossils that have been found, it may come as a surprise that the first chimpanzee fossils have only just been uncovered. BBC News reports ... Read More