1925, 15 August
It is reported that over 5,000 rebel tribesmen have unconditionally surrendered to European Colonial forces in Morocco.
1960, 15 August
Congo-Brazzaville declares itself independent of France (previously called Moyen Congo) as the newly instituted Republic of Congo with Fulbert Youlou as its first president. Some confusion over the country's title with the neighbouring Republic of Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, seems inevitable.
1972, 15 August
Ethiopia announces that it will not attend the Olympic Games in Munich (to be held in September) in protest against the expected attendance by Rhodesian competitors.
1983, 15 August
Joshua Mqabuko Nyangolo Nkomo, considered by many to be the true hero of the Zimbabwean independence struggle, returns to Harare after several months exile in the UK. Nkomo had been implicated in a planned Zimbabwean African People's Union (ZAPU) rebellion, in the Matabeleland region of Zimbabwe, against President Robert Gabriel Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) government.
1989, 15 August
Frederik Willem de Klerk becomes president of South Africa.
1990, 15 August
Township riots in South Africa between Zulu and Xhosa protestors end with 150 dead.
