Great White Tribe

2 December 1967: After the death of Leon M'ba, #Gabon President since independence in 1960, Omar Bongo became President and he would lead until his death in 2009

28 November 1985: Sierra Leone President Siaka Stevens retired at end of his term, and chose armed forces commander Major General Joseph Momoh as his successor #SierraLeone

2 December 1977: In Pretoria #SouthAfrica, an inquest absolved security police of any responsibility for the death of Stephen Biko in September when he was in police custody

2 December 2016: Adama Barrow defeated Yahya Jammeh in The #Gambia presidential election, turning out the leader who had seized power in coup d'état in 1994

2 December 1960: Deposed Premier Patrice Lumumba, arrested in Port Francqui, now Ilebo, was returned to Leopoldville a prisoner of Mobutu; he had fled the capital on 27 November headed for Stanleyville #Congo #CONGO60

2 December 1978: Aftermath of bomb explosions in Windhoek SW Africa #Namibia two days before beginning of biracial elections; SWAPO was boycotting the polling #SouthAfricanBorderWar https://youtu.be/6KhTAPchRIY via @YouTube

A soldier strikes a demonstrator in the head with the butt of his rifle at protests in Santo Domingo on 1 December 1961 against President Dr Joaquin Balaguer of the #DominicanRepublic

1 December 1986: Political activist Dr Fabian Ribeiro and his wife Florence were gunned down by CCB special forces operators at their home in Mamelodi #SouthAfrica

Colin Eglin, head of Progressive Federal party, toasting supporters in Cape Town #SouthAfrica on 1 December 1977; his party won 17 seats in Volksraad to become the official opposition party

Black American Bob Foster defeated white South African Pierre Fourie in Johannesburg - #SouthAfrica 1 December 1973 in 15 round light heavyweight title bout; the first black to defeat a white in South Africa https://youtu.be/N6nfP2f8Oz0 via @YouTube

30 November 1981: Operation KERSLIG, the special forces raid on Petrangol oil refinery in Lua