| Week
starting Saturday 16 April |
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| Date |
Year |
Event |
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| 16 |
1950 |
Seretse Khama, rightful heir to the Ngwato chieftaincy in
Bechuanaland (Botswana) is reunited with his British wife in England. |
| 16 |
1988 |
The military commander of the Palestine Liberation
Organisation (PLO) is assassinated in Tunisia, Israeli gunmen are blamed |
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For more on 16 April |
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| 17 |
1923 |
Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, abolishes slavery. |
| 17 |
1963 |
United Arab Republic proclaimed by Egypt, Iraq, and Syria. |
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For more on 17 April |
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| 18 |
1961 |
In return for the release of Jomo Kenyetta, the Kenyan
African National Union (ZANU) agrees to take part in negotiations for
governmental reform. |
| 18 |
1980 |
Zimbabwe proclaimed an independent republic. Dr Cannan
Sodindo Banana is inaugurated as president, and Robert Gabriel Mugabe as prime
minister. |
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For more on 18 April |
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| 19 |
1906 |
Bambatha Rebellion
Over 7,000 British troops are called out to quell Zulu aggression in Natal. |
| 19 |
1915 |
World War I: West Africa
Combined Anglo-French forces take Mandera, Cameroon |
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For more on 19 April |
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| 20 |
1911 |
France offers military support to Abd al Hafid, Sultan of
Morocco, to suppress a revolt. |
| 20 |
1979 |
Egyptian president Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat gets an
overwhelming majority in a vote for peace treaty with Israel. |
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For more on 20 April |
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| 21 |
1619 |
Birth of Jan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck. Van Riebeeck landed
at the southern tip of Africa on 6 April 1652 to create a settlement for the
Dutch East-India Company (Vereenighde Oostindische g'octrooijeerde Compangie,
VOC). |
| 21 |
1994 |
First reports of Rwandan genocide are starting to appear. |
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For more on 21 April |
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| 22 |
1901 |
Boer War: Concentration Camps
The British Secretary for War, St. John Broderick, has told the House of Commons
that every effort is being made to improve conditions in concentration camps in
South Africa. The camps currently hold over 75,000 Boers, mostly women and
children. |
| 22 |
1961 |
French army rebels seize Algiers. |
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For more on 22 April |
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