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It’s the Libyan people who already overthrew him, so Ethiopian government respects the move and demand of the Libyan people". [6] Ghana – Former president John Agyekum Kufuor said that "Gaddafi’s death is a historic sad day in Africa" and "showed that oppressed people would surely rise one day to demand accountability from their leaders." [7]
More than 3% of the Bosniak population of Bosnia and Herzegovina died during the Bosnian War. [102] Isaaq genocide: Somaliland, Somalia: 1987 1989 50,000 [103] [104] 200,000 [105] The Genocide of Isaaqs was the systematic, state-sponsored massacre of Isaaq civilians between 1988 and 1991 by the Somali Democratic Republic under the dictatorship ...
Died in the aftermath of the Rucunshu Coup: December 26, 1985: Dian Fossey, primatologist Possibly killed by gorilla poachers. April 6, 1994: Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda, and Cyprien Ntaryamira, President of Burundi: Plane carrying the two leaders shot down by unknown attackers with a surface-to-air missile.
In January 1979, Bokassa tried to force all students in the Central African Republic, from elementary school to university students, to wear uniforms made by a company owned by one of his wives. [2] In response to this, students began protesting against Bokassa and by April 1979, the students and police "were practically in state of war". [ 4 ]
Prime Minister of South Africa: September 6, 1966: Cape Town South Africa: Dimitri Tsafendas: Abdirashid Shermarke: President of Somalia: October 15, 1969: Las Anod Somalia: His personal bodyguards Wasfi Tal: Prime Minister of Jordan: November 28, 1971: Cairo Egypt: Black September: Abeid Karume: President of Zanzibar: April 7, 1972: Zanzibar ...
More than 78,000 people were purged from the army, police and civil administration, resulting in a thorough reshaping of the state apparatus. [ 9 ] Al-Bashir has been held responsible for the Darfur Genocide by the International Criminal Court , which has sought his extradition since 2008 on charges of genocide , war crimes , and crimes against ...
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Africa, in particular, has become notorious today for creating civilian dictators who remain in power for decades, some even in very debilitating health conditions, calling on the people to suspend or amend their constitutions in order to perpetuate themselves in power, even in older ages and apparent senility.