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* ... that scientists tested the age of an African termite's inhabited mound—and found it to be 34,000 years old?
* ... that scientists tested the age of '''[[Microhodotermes viator|an African termite]]'''{{`s}} inhabited [[heuweltjie|mound]]—and found it to be 34,000 years old?
* ... that on February 3, 1986, [[African Independence Party (Burkina Faso)|African Independence Party]] leaders [[Adama Touré (SONABEL trade unionist)|Adama Touré]] and '''[[Adama Touré (PAI general secretary)|Adama Touré]]''' were released from detention?
* ... that the Indianapolis African-American community raised $100,000 in just ten days in 1911 to establish the Senate Avenue YMCA?
* ... that the [[Indianapolis]] African-American community raised $100,000 in just ten days in 1911 to establish the '''[[Senate Avenue YMCA]]'''?
* ... that opera singer Charles Holland spent much of his career in Europe as opportunities in classical music for African Americans were limited?
* ... that opera singer '''[[Charles Holland (singer)|Charles Holland]]''' spent much of his career in Europe as opportunities in classical music for African Americans were limited?
* ... that '''[[Dahiru Musdapher]]''', the 12th [[Chief justice of Nigeria|chief justice of Nigeria]], was once a BBC World Service contributor for West Africa and Hausa?
* ... that in 1890 Cornelius N. Dorsette, often referred to as the first African-American physician in Alabama, founded Hale Infirmary, a hospital for Black patients and staff in Montgomery?
* ... that in 1890 '''[[Cornelius N. Dorsette]]''', often referred to as the first African-American physician in Alabama, founded '''[[Hale Infirmary]]''', a hospital for Black patients and staff in [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]]?
Fifteen people are killed and more than 195 others are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsizes near Nouakchott, Mauritania. (CNN)
:Fifteen people are killed and more than 195 others are missing after a boat carrying [[African immigration to Europe|migrants]] capsizes near [[Nouakchott]], [[Mauritania]]. [https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/24/africa/mauritania-migrants-shipwreck-intl-latam/index.html (CNN)]
:At least 4,500 people are [[homelessness|displaced]] by storms in [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]. [https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-storms-floods-cape-town-3be223aee333da1fe441730f76cedfb9 (AP)]
:Thirteen people, including 12 children, are killed in a [[school bus]] [[traffic collision|crash]] in [[Merafong City Local Municipality|Merafong]], [[Gauteng]], [[South Africa]]. [https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-schoolchildren-killed-car-crash-8d64d0c23447e5063870eba4e7ca597b (AP)]
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At least 89 migrants are killed after their boat, which carried 170 migrants, capsized off the coast of Ndiago, Mauritania. (CNN)
:At least 89 [[African immigration to Europe|migrants]] are killed after their boat, which carried 170 migrants, capsized off the coast of [[Ndiago, Mauritania|Ndiago]], [[Mauritania]]. [https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/04/europe/mauritania-migrant-boat-sinking-intl-latam/index.html (CNN)]
:[[South African President]] [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] unveils [[Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa|his cabinet]] made up of seven parties. [https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-coalition-government-explain-aecc75f6a6e79d962c0f92724e1a0b06 (AP)]
:Two [[South Africa]]n soldiers are killed and twenty others are injured in a mortar attack on a [[South African National Defence Force]] logistics base in [[Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo|Sake]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. [https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/repatriation-preparations-for-sandf-soldiers-killed-in-drc-under-way/ (SABC News)]
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Since there is no portal for this country I'm posting here. There is a dispute regarding the pronunciation of the country. Francophone Africans are welcome to join it. Merci. Rolando 1208 (talk) 13:06, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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