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Events relating to africa
Civil war in Somalia topples the Marxist dictator Mohamed Siad Barre
The Revolutionary United Front, led by Foday Sankoh, attacks Sierra Leone from bases in Liberia
Multiparty elections in Zambia result in a massive defeat for the long-serving president, Kenneth Kaunda
A new party, the Islamic Salvation Front, seems certain to win the Algerian election – until the army intervenes
Algeria is plunged into a brutal civil war between a military junta and Muslim terrorists
Riots follow the acquittal of four Los Angeles policemen charged with assaulting the African American Rodney King
The New York company Dance Theatre of Harlem tours South Africa, with the slogan 'Dancing Through Barriers'
UNITA revives the Angolan civil war after the MPLA wins a decisive election victory
The UN sends troops to famine-stricken and war-torn Somalia
Apartheid ends in South Africa, after two thirds of white voters vote for its abolition in a referendum
Guinea's first democratic election is won by the incumbent president, Lansana Conté
The UN imposes sanctions because of Libya's refusal to cooperate in the Lockerbie air disaster enquiry
The new federalist regime in Ethiopia cedes independence to Eritrea
President Habyarimana alienates Rwanda's Hutu Power extremists by coming to terms with the Rwandan Patriotic Front
Melchior Ndadaye, the first Hutu president of Burundi, is killed by Tutsis within months of his election
Civil war in Burundi, between Hutus and Tutsis, follows the murder of the first Hutu president
Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their partnership in South Africa
The Hutu government in Rwanda preaches genocide against Tutsis
US and European troops are withdrawn from the UN force in turbulent Somalia
The Rwandan president, Juvenal Habyarimana, dies when his plane is shot down
Cyprian Ntayamira, the second Hutu president of Burundi, dies in the crash of the president of Rwanda's plane
The assassination of Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana sparks the outbreak of genocide
As many as 800,000 people die, most of them slashed to death with machetes, in three months of genocide in Rwanda
A new constitution in South Africa guarantees equal rights to all citizens
South Africa's first non-racial election is won by the ANC with 63% of the vote
