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1977
 
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Anwar el-Sadat, the Egyptian president, travels to Jerusalem to propose a peace plan to the Israelis      
1977
 
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In a multi-million dollar ceremony, Jean-Bédel Bokassa proclaims himself emperor of the Central African Republic      
1978
 
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Jomo Kenyatta dies in office as Kenya's president and is succeeded by his deputy, Daniel arap Moi       
1978
 
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Anwar el-Sadat and Menachem Begin sign an Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty at Camp David in the USA        
1978
 
     
Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat share the Nobel Peace Prize        
1979
 
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Morocco annexes the Mauritanian part of the Western Sahara, thus taking control of the entire region     
1979
 
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Idi Amin flees from Uganda as Tanzanian troops reach his capital, Kampala       
1979
 
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The first multiracial elections held in Rhodesia are won by bishop Abel Muzorewa      
1979
 
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Young officers, led by flight lieutenant Jerry Rawlings, take power in a coup in Ghana       
1979
 
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French paratroops bring to an end the savage rule of Bokassa in the Central African Republic