23 February in African history

Commonwealth of Nations sends observers to Zimbabwe

The Commonwealth of Nations deployed forty-two observers together with nineteen staff members to monitor the presidential elections on this day in 2002. The team was led by General Abdulsalami Abubakar of Nigeria. They were to stay up to the 14th of March.

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U.S government imposes sanctions on Zimbabwe’s top officials

The United States government inflicted economic sanctions on Zimbabwe’s government officials on this day in 2002.

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Godfrey Chidyausiku was born

On this day in 1947, Godfrey Gawu Chidyausiku was born in Domboshava, Zimbabwe. He was a politician as well as a chief judge appointed in 2001 and he retired early 2017. He died a few months after retirement at the age of 70.

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