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9 December – French President Charles de Gaulle's visit to Algeria is marked by bloody riots by European and Muslim mobs in Algeria's largest cities, killing 127 people. 13 December – While Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia visits Brazil , his Imperial Bodyguard revolts unsuccessfully against his rule.
Many countries followed in the 1950s and 1960s, with a peak in 1960 with the Year of Africa, which saw 17 African nations declare independence, including a large part of French West Africa. Most of the remaining countries gained independence throughout the 1960s, although some colonizers (Portugal in particular) were reluctant to relinquish ...
O. H. Morris of the British Ministry of Colonies predicted in early January that "1960 will be a year of Africa". [1] The phrase "year of Africa" was also used by Ralph Bunche on 16 February 1960. Bunche anticipated that many states would achieve independence in that year due to the "well nigh explosive rapidity with which the peoples of Africa ...
Image credits: undiscoveredh1story Nowadays, we consume tons of visual media. Videos, photos, cinema, and TV can help us learn new things every day. However, they can just as easily misinform us.
The main objective of Phase Two, entitled "The Pedagogical Use of the General History of Africa" is to contribute to the regenerating of the teaching of African history on the basis of the General History of Africa in African Union member States with the view to promote the African regional integration process. In particular, the project aims to:
A selection of the best photos from across the African continent this week.
An estimated 300,000 people have been killed in the fighting, and over 4 million have been displaced. [211] One hundred thousand people face starvation, and nearly 5 million face severe food shortages; the government declared a famine in 2017. [212] Several fruitless efforts to agree to a settlement were made in 2014.
In 2010, South Africa hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the first time it was hosted in Africa. Born-free generation registering to vote for the first time in the 2014 general election. The 2014 general election was again won by the ANC, though its share of the vote fell to 62.1%. The Democratic Alliance (DA) increased its vote to 22.2% and ...