1913, 11 March
Frontier between Nigeria and Cameroon is agreed by Britain and Germany.
1922, 11 March
The South African Industrial Federation, a white miners union, has run riot in the Rand Gold mining district: sabotaging trains, attacking natives, and firing at the police. They are protesting against proposals to open semi-skilled jobs to non-white workers.
1953, 11 March
Following the murder of a British farmer in Kenya, 11 Kikuyu tribesmen are hanged.
1984, 11 March
South African government offers to take part in a peace conference with the South-West African People's Organisation (SWAPO).
1986, 11 March
South African Police fire at 3,000 schoolchildren protesting against the recent arrest of 26 students. "The [Truth and Reconciliation] Commission [of South Africa] finds that the Kangwane police attacked them without provocation and without giving them any warning to disperse, fired repeated rounds of live ammunition into the unarmed crowd. Three students were killed and eighty were seriously injured, most being wounded in the back."
