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January 23, 2021

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20 January 1986: A military coup toppled Chief Leabua Jonathan, the only ruler of #Lesotho since independence; #SouthAfrica had instituted a 20-day blockade to force the turnover of ANC guerrillas

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21 Jan

20 January 2009: @RwandaMoD RDF forces began crossing the border into #Congo, beginning Operation UMOJA WETU with the @FARDC_

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21 Jan

Operation UMOJA WETE: @RwandaMoD RDF troops and vehicles roll across the border to join @FARDC_ forces in joint operation to combat the FDLR on 20 January 2009

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21 Jan

20 January 2017- “I am truly and sincerely proud of being of service to you”: Two days after Senegalese troops entered #The_Gambia to persuade him, Yahya Jammeh stepped down as The #Gambia President

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21 Jan

20 January 1973: Amilcar Cabral, leader of Portuguese #Guinea guerrilla movement PAIGC in Conakry was assassinated by the "poisoned hands of imperialism and Portuguese colonialism"

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21 Jan

21 January 1976- "The Cubans or Russians have no right to kill Angolans": Facing a increasingly desperate situation for UNITA with #SouthAfrica withdrawal beginning, Jonas Savimbi speaks from Lusaka #Zambia #AngolanCivilWar https://youtu.be/MsSSrj0-_6c via @YouTube

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20 Jan

19 January 1988- Operation HOOPER: UNITA attack on FAPLA 25 Brigade on the Chambinga 15 km east of Cuito Cuanavale #Angola #SouthAfricanBorderWar

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20 Jan

#CentralAfricanRepublic President Faustin-Archange Touadera begins second term amid turmoil
https://www.africanews.com/2021/01/19/car-president-faustin-archange-touadera-begins-second-term-amid-turmoil/

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19 Jan

Two UN peacekeepers killed when a @UN_CAR convoy was ambushed by members of UPC and anti-Balaka armed groups near Bangassou in Mbomou prefecture, southern #CentralAfricanRepublic

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/01/1082442

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CThomasJAMHCharlie Thomas@CThomasJAMH·
19 Jan

These sorts of multiple rocket launchers were also a large factor in the early going of the Kagera War, as Amin’s troops couldn’t match the Tanzanians’ firepower until Ghaddafi delivered several of the same weapon to the Ugandans. https://twitter.com/ModernConflict/status/1351634991680155648

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19 Jan

A Cuban Ural truck-mounted BM-21 MRL in Luanda #Angola: barrage by these MRL were instrumental in terrifying and routing FNLA and Zaire soldiers north of Luanda and causing the collapse of the FNLA in January 1976 #AngolanCivilWar

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19 Jan

19 January 1976-Operation SAVANNAH: from Kinshasa , FNLA leader Holden Roberto claims "There is no question of collapse", but Cuban armour columns and MRLs rout FNLA and capture coastal strongholds of Ambriz and Ambrizete, now N'Zeto #AngolanCivilWar

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19 Jan

Operation SERVAL: French soldiers armed with FAMAS rifles with a Panhard VBL scout car in Bamako #Mali on 18 January 2013

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19 Jan

16/18 January 1976- Operation SAVANNAH: Roberto and Savimbi are told #SouthAfrica plans to withdraw from #Angola; Savimbi meets PW Botha at Rundu in SW Africa #SouthAfricanBorderWar

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19 Jan

‘There Is No Safe Area’: In Kabul, Fear Has Taken Over https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/world/asia/afghanistan-kabul-taliban-violence.html?smid=t