In April 2012, the Zambian Development Agency ( ZDA ) and an Angolan company signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU ) to build a multi-product pipeline from Lobito to Lusaka, Zambia, to deliver various refined products to Zambia.

In the beginning of April 2012, when a new military Coup d ' état was under preparation, the Angolan regime decided to withdraw its military mission from Guinea-Bissau.

In 2012, it is April 1-15

Archived from the original on 6 April 2012.

The new season has aired in mainland Europe in April 2012.

As of April 2012, it appears that all of the 25, 000 light fixtures will have to replaced, at an estimated cost of $ 54 million.

In the April 2012 issue of Playboy, long time Batman writer Grant Morrison said that " Gayness is built into Batman.

His son Salahuddin Rabbani was chosen in April 2012 to lead efforts to forge peace in Afghanistan with the Taliban.

* In April 2012 Conservative Party MP and culture secretary came under pressure to resign as a result of his closeness to Rupert Murdoch's media empire and alleged corruption in dealing with Murdoch's bid for News Corporation's takeover of BSkyB.

The US FDA requires the use of the standard on June 30, 2013, while Health Canada recently extended the required date from June 2012 to April 2013.

In April 2012, Marc Jenner from Tunbridge Wells in Kent, ran in the Virgin London Marathon dressed in a Bagpuss costume to raise money for the charity, supported by Emily Firmin and Oliver Postgate's family.

Cost-benefit analysis can inform our decisions opinion piece in 23 April 2012 Wall Street Journal

A major visitor attraction ; Titanic Belfast, opened in April 2012.

On April 12, 2012, Bir and 30 other officers were taken in custody for their role in the 1997 military memorandum that forced the then Turkish government, led by the Islamist Welfare Party, to step down.

In November 2011, Charles took time off from Coronation Street to film a new series of Red Dwarf, returning to filming on ' Corrie ' in April 2012.

Archived from the original on April 13, 2012.

In late April 2012 the company recalled laid-off workers and started new hiring to fill 150 positions in Wichita as a result of anticipated increased demand for aircraft production.

On April 3, 2012, it was revealed that the Panthers would not be adopting Nike's " Elite 51 " uniform technology, and that aside from the aforementioned logo change and the league-wide revision of the NFL shield on the uniform ( replacing the NFL Equipment logo ), the uniforms will essentially remain unchanged.

As of April 2012, the Association Croquet World Champion is Reg Bamford of South Africa.

The Indians broke the Opening Day attendance record for Progressive Field with 43, 190 against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 5, 2012.

In a busy summer, Powell brought in 19 new players and after a successful season, on 14 April 2012, Charlton Athletic won promotion back to the Championship with a 1 – 0 away win at Carlisle United.

A week later, on 21 April 2012, they were confirmed as Champions after a 2 – 1 home win over Wycombe Wanderers.

The individual census data most recently released to the public was the 1940 census, released on April 2, 2012.

In April 2012 it was ranked by Forbes Magazine as the seventh most valuable football club in the world, at £ 473 million ($ 761 million ).

In 2010 the Space Needle Corporation submitted a proposal for an exhibition of Chihuly's work at a site in the Seattle Center, in competition with proposals for other uses from several other groups. The project, which sees the new Chihuly exhibition hall occupy the site of the former Fun Forest amusement park in the Seattle Center park and entertainment complex, received the final green light from the Seattle City Council on April 25, 2011. Divisive Dale Chihuly Glass-Art " Museum " Approved for Former Seattle Amusement Park ARTINFO. com It opened May 21, 2012. Chihuly Garden and Glass Opens with Dedication Ceremony on Monday, May 21 prnewswire. comDale Chihuly's ' Glass House ' shines in Seattle publicbroadcasting. net

** Ai Weiwei ( born 1957 ), Chinese artist, curator, architectural designer, cultural and social commentator, dissident, disappeared April 2011

Frank Lloyd Wright ( born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959 ) was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1, 000 structures and completed 500 works.

French aircraft designer Raymond Saulnier patented a practical device in April 1914, but trials were unsuccessful because of the propensity of the machine gun employed to hang fire due to unreliable ammunition.

Jerome Callet ( born April 24, 1930 ) is a musician, teacher and designer of brass instruments.

( November 25, 1844 – April 4, 1929 ) was a German engine designer and car engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile, and together with Bertha Benz pioneering founder of the automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz.

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, known as Pablo Picasso (, 25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973 ), was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer who spent most of his adult life in France.

Michael Westmore, make-up designer for Trek since Star Trek: The Next Generation ( TNG ), was announced as working on Series V by the end of April.

* April 27 – Andrew Cunanan murders Jeffrey Trail, beginning a murder spree that lasts until July and ends with the murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace.

* April 11 – Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer ( d. 2006 )

* April 14 – Alfred Hoare Powell, English Arts and Crafts architect, and designer and painter of pottery ( d. 1960 )

* April 25 – Saul Bass, American graphic designer ( b. 1920 )

* April 1 – Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian engineer and airplane designer ( d. 1989 )

* April 7 – Vanessa Bell, English artist and interior designer ( b. 1879 )

* April 3 – Battista Farina, Italian car designer ( b. 1893 )

* April 23 – Halston, American fashion designer ( d. 1990 )

* April 21 – Humphry Repton, English garden designer ( d. 1818 )

* April 20 – Lady Duff Gordon, British fashion designer ( b. 1863 )

Jeff ' Yak ' Minter ( born in Reading, 22 April 1962 ) is a British video game designer and programmer.

Philipp Melanchthon ( February 16, 1497 – April 19, 1560 ), born Philipp Schwartzerdt, was a German reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and an influential designer of educational systems.

Victoria Caroline Beckham ( née Adams ; born 17 April 1974 ) is an English singer, fashion designer and businesswoman.

Frederick Law Olmsted ( April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903 ) was an American journalist, social critic, public administrator, and landscape designer.

Theo Wade Brown ( 26 May 1950-30 April 2002 ) British carpenter, designer and engineer.

Piet Hein ( 16 December 1905 – 17 April 1996 ) was a Danish scientist, mathematician, inventor, designer, author, and poet, often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym " Kumbel " meaning " tombstone ".

René Jules Lalique ( 6 April 1860, Ay, Marne5 May 1945, Paris ) was a French glass designer known for his creations of perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers, clocks and automobile hood ornaments.

Herbert Bayer ( April 5, 1900 – September 30, 1985 ) was an Austrian American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, environmental & interior designer, and architect, who was widely recognized as the last living member of the Bauhaus and was instrumental in the development of the Atlantic Richfield Company's corporate art collection until his death in 1985.