On June 1976 and 16, thousands of black students took to the streets in Soweto district, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, to protest against the racist authorities' imposition of the "Ban Toustain" education system with "Africa" (also known as Afrikaans) as the educational language in black schools. They were brutally suppressed by the South African police, killing more than 500 demonstrators and children on the spot and shocking the world. 199 1 year, and UNICEF designated June 16 as the International Day of the African Child.

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In order to let people know that 300 million children living in 5/kloc-0 countries on the African continent are suffering from famine, war, poverty, disease and other disasters, the United Nations Children's Fund announced in June of 19, 9 13 that June of that year was designated as "International Day of African Children".

International African Children's Day is scheduled for June 16 to commemorate the 15 anniversary of the Soweto Children's Massacre that shocked the world. 1976 On June 16, thousands of students demonstrated in Soweto District, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. The authorities deployed a large number of police forces to suppress it, killing and injuring 1000 people and arresting1000 people.