Also on this day in 2007; An explosion shook the Kenyan capital Nairobi, sending shards of glass spewing outside a downtown restaurant, killing at least one person and injuring more than thirty.

Equally on this day in 2004; Zimbabwe’s high court dismissed the first of the opposition’s appeals against President Robert Mugabe’s 2002 re-election.

Also on this day in 2004;A coup attempt in DR Congo by renegade soldiers from the presidential guard was thwarted.

On this day in 1991;The Red Sea port of Assab, Ethiopia, and the country’s capital, Addis Ababa, 400 miles away, were linked with the re-opening of the only road between the two cities.

And on this day in 1981;Lesotho and South Africa decided to establish a consultative committee to resolve misunderstandings arising from the movement of people across their common border.