- 1960 — Mobutu Sese Seko executes a military coup in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, suspending parliament and the constitution during the Congo Crisis.
- 2003 — Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup in Guinea-Bissau led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra.
- 2020 — Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and Tanzania President John Magufuli co-sign a deal for a 1,445-km East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
- 1961 — Freeman Mbowe, a Tanzanian politician, is born.
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Sani saa aboro Samson somo saburi siaya
Dholuo (Kenya)
Translation: Its Two, Samson is reading the book of Psalms in Siaya.
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