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In 2002, a nun was sent to northern Uganda to help those suffering from a bloody conflict
In 2003, human rights lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim defended Amina Lawal from death by stoning
Bob Golding turned Ibadan Zoo into one of Nigeria's biggest attractions in the 1970s
In 1975, unarmed Moroccans faced off against gun-carrying Spanish soldiers
In 1972, a Danish brewery created Supermalt
Tanzania's leader, Julius Nyerere, made Swahili the official language in the early 1960s
How Zambia became independent in 1964
In 2013, South Africa's first black president was buried in his ancestral village
Professor Gift Mugano describes when Zimbabwe’s inflation hit 89.7 sextillion per cent
In 1993, a Nigerian Airways flight from Lagos to Abuja was hijacked
In 1966, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, one of Africa's most famous leaders was ousted from power
In 1956 commercial quantities of oil were discovered in Nigeria
In August 2013, the army killed hundreds of protestors in Cairo
Bi Kidude was one of the first women from Zanzibar to sing in public without the veil
In 2013, a Somali militant group attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi
Freddie 'Saddam' Maake tells the story of how he became known as 'Mr Vuvuzela'
Ghana's independence in 1957 was marked with a new flag designed by Theodosia Okoh
In 2004, Kenyan great grandfather Kimani Maruge became the oldest person to start school
Lagos Fashion Week was launched in 2011 putting Nigerian style on the global map
It’s been 50 years since Mr Bigg's was first launched in Nigeria
Somali fighter pilot Ahmed Mohamed Hassan faced a terrible choice in 1988
Malick Sidibé photographed life in Mali after its independence from France in 1960.
In 2005, Ilguilas Weila organised a ceremony to free 7,000 enslaved people in Niger
It is 80 years since the Allies in World War II declared victory in North Africa