August 6 1979
The Mauritanian government conceded defeat against the Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro) after three years of bitter fighting for the southern section of Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara), Rio de Oro. The country was divided between Mauritania and Morocco when the Spanish pulled out in 1976.
August 6 1980
Edgar Tekere, a Cabinet Minister in Rhodesia, was charged with the murder of a white farmer.
August 6 1990The Mauritanian government conceded defeat against the Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro) after three years of bitter fighting for the southern section of Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara), Rio de Oro. The country was divided between Mauritania and Morocco when the Spanish pulled out in 1976.
August 6 1980
Edgar Tekere, a Cabinet Minister in Rhodesia, was charged with the murder of a white farmer.
The African National Congress in South Africa had announced its intention to halt guerrilla attacks as part of the on-going negotiations for the end of minority White rule.
Source: africanhistory.about.com
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