Events Database

5,655 historical macro events · 2010–today

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DateEvent
Oct 5, 12Miner dies as South African industrial unrest continues
Sep 29, 12New book cover designs for the Observer 100 greatest novels of all time list – in pictures
Sep 29, 12Treatment of female Nigerian pilgrims embarrasses Saudis at the start of hajj
Sep 28, 12Somalia overpowering al-Shabaab but old rivalries pose new threat
Sep 28, 12Kagame defies UN condemnation over backing for Congo warlord's insurgency
Sep 28, 12Kenyan troops launch beach assault on Somali city of Kismayo
Sep 28, 12Sahel's chronic hunger crisis demands long-term solutions
Sep 27, 12Nigeria protests after Saudis deport female hajj pilgrims
Sep 27, 12EU partially freezes aid to Rwanda
Sep 27, 12South Sudan's refugee camps flooded – in pictures
Sep 27, 12Kenyan Muslims fear the worst over proposals to boost police powers
Sep 27, 12Defence export policy and the UK's help for oppressive regimes
Sep 26, 12South Africa's mines: gulf between employees above and below ground
Sep 26, 12South African's goldmines beset by simmering resentment
Sep 26, 12Julius Malema is 'unshaken' after money laundering charges – video
Sep 26, 12Julius Malema 'unshaken' after money laundering charge
Sep 26, 12Sierra Leone's women are a political force that can no longer be ignored
Sep 26, 12Twenty-year-old Ugandan becomes one of youngest MPs in African history
Sep 26, 12Sierra Leone's women refuse to be left whistling for 30% quota – video
Sep 26, 12UN general assembly debates anti-Islam film - video
Sep 26, 12Ugandan song banned from the airwaves
Sep 26, 12UK to advise Egypt on quelling Sinai militants
Sep 25, 12Kenyan Amisom peacekeeper held after 'shooting dead six Somali civilians'
Sep 25, 12Nigeria braces for escalation in terrorist attacks
Sep 25, 12Somalia's fishermen struggle to make a living from pirate-infested seas
Sep 25, 12UK spent millions training security forces from oppressive regimes
Sep 25, 12Trafigura lessons have not been learned, report warns
Sep 25, 12Libya: militias bite back
Sep 24, 12South Africa's shack-dwellers fight back
Sep 24, 12This 'victory' over Libya's militias may simply exacerbate the problem
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