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This Day in African History: 9 May

A chronicle of events in African history on this day

By , About.com Guide

1922, 9 May
King Faud's government issues a decree making it the sole legal trader of narcotics in Egypt.

1936, 9 May
Five days after Italy captured the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, Mussolini announces that Abyssinian is now part of the Italian Empire.

1953, 9 May
Arab League foreign ministers back Egypt's demand that Britain leave the Suez Canal Zone.

1956, 9 May
British Togoland (a UN trust, once part of the German colony of Togo) votes for annexation by Ghana.

1960, 9 May
Commonwealth leaders meet to discuss South Africa's Apartheid policies.

1996, 9 May
Deputy President F W De Klerk announces that the South African National Party will withdraw from its coalition with the ANC and become an opposition party.

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