26 November – 2 December Tutankhamun's tomb is found in the Valley of the Kings, Mauritania achieves independence from France, the world's first heart transplant is performed by Dr Christiaan Barnard, ... Read More

The president of Kenya has conceded defeat in the referendum about a new constitution for the country, reports BBC News. The proposed constitution would, among other things, have banned foreign ... Read More

The South African Council of Churches is satisfied that the so-called "'Last Supper" SMS and email advert was not from the fast-food chain Nandos (known for its cutting-edge ads), reports ... Read More

Pending confirmation of election results, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is set to become Liberia's president and the first woman to be elected as head of state in Africa. Johnson-Sirleaf is an economics ... Read More

You're sure to have had one in your email at some stage, whether it was the next-of-kin scam, the Nigerian National Petroleum scam, or ill-treated politician's wife. All promise a ... Read More

Angola may have achieved independence from Portugal 30 years ago, but after 25 years of civil war and with lasting peace achieved only in 2002, what state is the country ... Read More

In elections in Liberia declared free and fair by international observers, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf holds the lead and looks set to become the first woman in Africa ever to be elected ... Read More

An exhibition of works by Pablo Picasso that looks at the influence of African art on him is going to be held at the Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg in ... Read More

The Southern African Large Telescope (simply known as SALT), built at the South African Astronomical Observatory at Sutherland, is being officially opened today. The largest optical telescope in the southern ... Read More

5 – 11 NovemberQueen Nefertai's tomb in Luxor, Egypt, is opened to the public for the first time, an impromptu army of 350,000 Moroccans march into Spanish Sahara, President Habib ... Read More

Chief Albert Luthuli was Africa's first winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace and president of the ANC until his death (under mysterious circumstances) in 1967.

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