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This Day in African History: 14 December

A chronicle of events in African history on this day

By Alistair Boddy-Evans, About.com

1901, 14 December - Boer War: Concentration Camps
Reports reach London of the large number of deaths in South African concentration camps. Six thousand Boer women and children have dies in the last two months!

1961, 14 December
Tanganyika (now Tanzania) is admitted to the UN.

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