Some key dates within the historical past of Rwanda: Fifteenth-Nineteenth Centuries – Clans within the space start to merge into kingdoms. One in every of these, the Kingdom of Rwanda turns into more and more dominant from the mid-18th Century, reaching its best extent within the Nineteenth Century. 1884 – Berlin Convention sees partition of…
9 July 2011 Up to date 16 July 2024 Rwanda, a small landlocked nation in east-central Africa, is attempting to get well from the ethnic strife that culminated in government-sponsored genocide within the mid-Nineteen Nineties. An estimated 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and reasonable Hutus have been killed by dominant Hutu forces in 100 days. Rwanda has…
9 July 2011 Up to date 9 July 2024 South Africa has one of many continent’s greatest and most developed economies. For some 40 years it was dominated by a white minority authorities, when the Nationwide Social gathering got here to energy in 1948 and imposed its coverage of apartheid, which legally institutionalised beforehand current…
Some key dates in Algeria’s historical past: c. 600BC – Carthaginians increase settlements alongside the North African coast. 4th Century BC – Berbers kind the one largest component of the Carthaginian military. 241-238BC – Revolt of the Mercenaries: Berber troopers insurgent after being unpaid following Carthage’s defeat by Rome within the First Punic Struggle. 146BC…
12 July 2011 Up to date 29 August 2023 Algeria, a gateway between Africa and Europe, has been battered by violence over the previous half-century. There are conflicting experiences concerning the demise toll throughout the conflict towards France for independence within the Nineteen Fifties and early 60s. French historians estimate that as much as 400,000…
9 July 2011 Up to date 13 September 2023 Sudan’s historical past goes again to the pharaonic interval. It was the largest and one of the crucial geographically various states in Africa, till its cut up into two nations in 2011 after southern Sudan voted for independence. This adopted a long time of battle by…
Some key dates in Sudan’s historical past: 2500-1500BC – Kerma kingdom, based mostly within the southern a part of Nubia, present-day northern and central Sudan. It’s lastly absorbed into the New Kingdom of Egypt. 1550-1069BC – A lot of Sudan is a part of the New Kingdom of Egypt. 1070BC – 350AD – Following the…
11 July 2011 Up to date 21 Might 2024 Togo, a slender strip of land on Africa’s west coast, has for years been the goal of criticism over its human rights file and political governance. Gaining independence from France in 1960, Togo has struggled to construct a steady economic system. It is likely one of…
Some key dates in Mauritania’s historical past: Third-Seventh centuries AD – Berber and Arab migrants arrive in present-day Mauritania. Ninth-Tenth Centuries – Empire of Ghana has its capital in present-day south-west Mauritania. 1076 – Berber Almoravid warriors defeat the Empire of Ghana. 1500s – European mariners and merchants set up settlements. 1644-1674 – Char Bouba…
21 April 2011 Up to date 20 Could 2024 A largely semi-desert nation, Chad is wealthy in gold and uranium and stands to learn from its recently-acquired standing as an oil-exporting state. Chad’s post-independence historical past has been marked by instability and violence, stemming largely from pressure between the primarily Arab-Muslim north and the predominantly…