- 1942 — French Resistance coup in Algiers neutralizes Vichyist forces and enables Operation Torch.
- 1959 — Sudan and the United Arab Republic sign the Nile Waters Agreement in Cairo to divide Nile waters for the Aswan High Dam.
- 1983 — TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport, killing all 130 people on board.
- 1997 — Eritrea adopts the nakfa as its official currency.
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Mueni
Means a visitor.It can also be given in regerence to the newborn as a new one.
e.g.
Isyitwa ya mueni anengiwe nundu asyaiewe kwoo mena aeni
en
Mueni's name was given in regerence to the newborn as a new one.
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Dholuo (Kenya)
Translation: You husband is my my husband and my husband is your husband.
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Mugolozo
Used to refer to a straight path.
e.g.
Wakiririra kwenye mugolozo akifika.
en
He used a straight path to reach me.
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