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March 1, 2021

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28 February 1961: #Congo premier Joseph Ileo signed a defense pact with secession leader Tshombe and Kalonji in Elisabethville

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28 February 1997: RPA searches for Interahamwe rebels in central #Rwanda https://youtu.be/hFb3MbiDXh0 via @YouTube

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Gowon restates the case for Nigerian unity after Aburi | February 1967 https://youtu.be/4OXdNDuQztY via @YouTube

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27 Feb

27 February 1961: President de Gaulle and #Tunisia President Bourguiba met at Rambouillet #France ; this was the prelude to the direct talks between the GPRA/FLN and French government at Evian in May to end the #AlgerianWar

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27 Feb

27 February 1982- Operation OLYFHOUT: Friendly fire incident by Impalas killed one 32 Bn soldier and injured 17 in #Angola #AngolanCivilWar

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27 Feb

27 February 1999: after 16 years of military rule, former dictator General Olusegun Obasanjo was elected President of #Nigeria

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27 Feb

26 February 1999: the @UN Security Council voted to end its MONUA peace-keeping mission in #Angola #AngolanCivilWar

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26 Feb

Operation PANTHER: A French Eurocopter Tiger gunship prepares to fire on rebel positions south of Tessalit in eastern #Mali on 26 February 2013

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26 Feb

Operation PANTHER: A French Caesar 155 mm fires on Islamist rebel positions south of Tessalit in eastern #Mali on 26 February 2013

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26 Feb

Operation VANITY: SAAF/RhAF Canberra attack on ANC/ZIPRA base, the bombs strike at Luso Boma #Angola on 26 February 1979 #RhodesianBushWar

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26 Feb

26 February 1979- "If necessary, we'll blast them back to the Stone Age": Operation VANITY, the SAAF/RhAF air raid on Luso #Angola #RhodesianBushWar

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25 Feb

25 February 1988- Operation HOOPER: First attack on Tumpo Triangle at Cuito Cuanavale #Angola #SouthAfricanBorderWar

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25 Feb

25 February 2003: former #Zambia President Frederick Chiluba was arrested and charged with looting state treasury of over 40 million; most charges would be dropped and he was acquitted of the remainder in 2009

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25 Feb

Supporters of former military ruler Olusegun Obasanjo at a rally in former #Biafra capital of Enugu on 23 February 1999; elections were being held for first time since August 1983 election of Shehu Shagari who was deposed in a coup four months later #Nigeria

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25 Feb

Europeans walk by body of Moslem shot dead by OAS on Rue Michelet in central Algiers on 25 February 1962; The OAS killed 553 people in February #AlgerianWar

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25 Feb

24 February 1976: #Rhodesia feeling the effects of 10 years of sanctions #RhodesianBushWar https://youtu.be/dhe5uYBu2og via @YouTube

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24 Feb

24 February 1976- Operation SMALL BANG: RAR and Selous Scout assault on ZANLA camp at Pafuri #Mozambique #RhodesianBushWar

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24 Feb

VOTE P.F.: Joshua Nkomo waves a placard in Gwelo Southern #Rhodesia on 24 February 1980 urging voters to vote for the Patriotic Front

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24 Feb

24 February 2003- The BOGORO MASSACRE: The allied FNI/FRPI militias carried out an attack on the village of Bogoro in Ituri province #Congo, hacking to death 200 civilians, raping female survivors and keeping them as sex slaves

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24 Feb

Congolese woman carrying baby, chair and chest enters @UN camp in Leopoldville #Congo on 24 February 1961; Lumumba followers were sheltering at UN facilities

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24 Feb

19 February 2013- Operation SERVAL: a French Foreign legionnaire of 2 REP was killed during heavy fighting with Islamist militants during the offensive in Ifoghas massif on #Algeria border with #Mali

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24 Feb

Kwame Nkrumah in Peking on 24 February 1966 with Premier Chou En-lai after being deposed by a coup d'etat in Accra #Ghana

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24 Feb

"No more Kwame, no more Russians!" the crowd shouted as it toppled and hacked away at Nkrumah's statue outside Parliament House in Accra #Ghana on 24 February 1966

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24 Feb

24 February 1966- "The myth surrounding Kwame Nkrumah has been broken": #Ghana president since independence, Kwame Nkrumah, was deposed by a coup while he was in Peking China

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24 Feb

Last public statue of Spanish dictator Franco is removed; in Melilla a Spanish enclave in #Morocco https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/23/last-public-statue-of-spanish-dictator-franco-is-removed

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23 Feb

ONUC @UN officials arrive at palace of Katanga President Moise Tshombe in Elisabethville #Congo on 23 February 1961 to discuss UN resolution authorizing use of force

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23 Feb

22 February 1974: Publication of General Antonio de Spinola's book "Portugal E O Futuro" which stated #Portugal's colonial wars were unwinnable and advocated autonomy for #Angola, #Guinea and #Mozambique

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23 Feb

Rwanda Opposition Figure Seif Bamporiki Is Killed in South Africa https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/world/africa/rwanda-seif-bamporiki-killing.html?smid=tw-share

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23 Feb

23 February 1979- First Batle of N'Djamena: 2,000 fighters of Goukouni Oueddei began arriving in the capital from Tibesti region in far north of #Chad; 4,000 had been killed in six days of fighting

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23 Feb

23 February 1984: UNITA captured the diamond mining town of Cafunfo in north #Angola, capturing 106 foreigners, including 16 British nationals #AngolanCivilWar

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22 Feb

Italian Ambassador Among Three Killed in Attack on U.N. Convoy north of Goma in eastern #Congo near Rwandan border; The FDLR, with ties to the Hutu 1994 genocide in #Rwanda, is suspected https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/world/africa/italy-ambassador-killed-congo-ambush.html?smid=tw-share

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22 Feb

22 February 1969: Maj. Gen. Gowon Arrives in Port Harcourt | Tour of Towns Recaptured From #Biafra; Port Harcourt was retaken on 18 May 1968 #NigerianCivilWar https://youtu.be/ZDy3ei4PfGI via @YouTube

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22 Feb

22 February 1969: Aftermath of Federal #Nigeria bombing of Omoba #Biafra #NigerianCivilWar https://youtu.be/2QDdY27k6qo via @YouTube

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22 Feb

Jonas Savimbi body on display after he was killed near Lucusse in eastern Moxico province #Angola on 22 February 2002 #AngolanCivilWar

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22 Feb

22 February 1972: A coup against President Marien Ngouabi was crushed by loyal army units in Brazzaville #Congo Republic; coup leader Lt Ange Diawara and 13 others were captured and shot in April 1973

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22 Feb

20 February 1961: @UN Secretary General reported seven pro-Lumumba aides were executed in Bakwanga #Congo; 15 pro-Leopoldville politicans were shot in reprisal by Antoine Gizengas rival government in Stanleyville

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22 Feb

21 February 1961- 'We are prepared to fight the UN": After @UN resolution authorizing military force in #Congo, seccessionist Katanga President Moise Tshombe order a general mobilization

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22 Feb

20 February 1980: Lennox Sebe rejects independence for #Ciskei tribal homeland; In December 1981 Ciskei would be fourth of 10 bantu granted independence. 8 million of 21 million #SouthAfrica blacks lost their citizenship https://youtu.be/ozeEFPeN0vM via @YouTube

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21 Feb

21 February 1961: The @UN Security Council passed a resolution calling for the removal of all Belgian military and paramilitary personel from #Congo and use of force if necessary to prevent civil war

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21 Feb

21 February 1999: An interim government of national unity was sworn in to office in #Guinea- Bissau #GuineaBissau

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21 Feb

NYASALAND EMERGENCY: Royal #Rhodesia Air Force Percival Pembroke and three Provosts at Ft Hill airfield in northern Nyasaland, now #Malawi; security force reinforcements to suppress the rioting were flown to here from Southern #Rhodesia February 1959

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