2002:Civil War in the Ivory Coast

  After a failed coup on September 12, 2002, the Ivory Coast disintegrated into a Civil War. The Ivory Coast had been one of Africa's success story. A French force…

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1999: Nelson Mandela Retires

On June 16, 1999, Nelson Mandela stepped down from the Presidency of South Africa. He was replaced by Thabo Mbeki, the new leader of the African National Congress. The ANC…

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1998: US Embassies Bombed Simultaneously

On August 7, 1998, bombs exploded simultaneously at US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar el Islam, Tanzania. The bombings killed a total of 224 people. The bombings were said…

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1996: Declared Nigerian Presient Charged with Treason

Nigerian: Moshood Abiola, a multi-millionaire businessman, was widely believed to have won the presidential election in Nigeria in June of 1993. General Ibrahim Babangida, who had ruled Nigeria for eight…

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1994-Rwandan Genocide

Rwandan: From April 7th to July 15th, 1994 as many as one million Tutsi’s were killed by Hutus in a genocidal attack in Rwanda. The attacks took place against the…

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