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Nelson Mandela released from prison
Namibia gains independence from South Africa
Kenyan foreign affairs minister Robert Ouko murdered
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Kenneth Kaunda succeeded by Frederick Chiluba
Siad Barre regime in Somalia ousted
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Boutros Boutros Ghali becomes UN Secretary General
Civil conflict erupts in Algeria
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SACP secretary Chris Hani assassinated
ANC president Oliver Tambo dies of stroke
Zambia’s national soccer team killed in air crash
Coronation of Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, Kabaka of Buganda
Eritrea obtains independence from Ethiopia
Houphouet-Boigny of Ivory Coast dies after nearly 33 years in office.
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Aircraft with presidents of Rwanda and Burundi aboard shot down, triggering massacres
South Africa’s first democratic election
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Ken Saro Wiwa executed in Nigeria
Water hyacinth spreads to all Africa’s major waterways
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Somali warlord Mohamed Farah Aideed killed
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Kofi Annan replaces Boutros Boutros Ghali as UN Secretary General
Rinderpest epidemic in East Africa contained
Zairian president Mobutu Sese Seko dies in Morocco
Islamic militants kill 64 people at Luxor in southern Egypt
Kamuzu Banda, architect of Malawian independence, dies in Johannesburg
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Sir Ketumile Masire of Botswana retires
Detained Nigerian leader Moshood Abiola dies of a heart attack
Bombs explode at US Embassy buildings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.
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Gaddafi agrees to Netherlands trial of Libyan suspects in Lockerbie disaster
South Africa’s second democratic election goes off smoothly
Nelson Mandela retires and Thabo Mbeki sworn in as South Africa’s new president
Former Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere dies of leukaemia
South African MPs asked to ratify a regional free trade deal, due to come into effect in 2000.
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