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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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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=tw-share

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18 Jan

18 January 1972: Three days of rioting in Gwelo #Rhodesia left one dead and 55 arrested demonstrating against presence of Pearce Commission canvassing Black opinion on Smith-Home independence pact; former Prime Minister Garfield Todd was arrested https://youtu.be/6NmpwjTVUGM

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17 Jan

Four members of #Namibia Defense Forces were killed when their casspir overturned between Ondangwa and Oshakati on 15 January 1993

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17 Jan

Colonel Samuel Chiwale, commander of FALA armed wing of UNITA since 1969, at Bucaco northeast of Luso(now Luena) #Angola on 17 January 1976 #AngolanCivilWar

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17 Jan

17 January 1966: Maj. Gen. Aguiyi-Ironsi's Press Conference After #Nigeria's First coup; the government handed over power to the military the day before https://youtu.be/mqqIEgRJdm0 via @YouTube

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17 Jan

Col. Acheampong States the Aims of his Military Govt. on 17 January 1972 After Overthrowing Kofi Busia five days earlier #Ghana https://youtu.be/4YeuJteJVY0 via @YouTube

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17 Jan

17 January 1961: deposed #Congo premier Patrice Lumumba @executedtoday by firing squad in Katanga province; In 2001, a Belgian commission found Belgium bore "moral responsibility" for his death, and #Belgium officially apologized in 2002 http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/01/17/1961-patrice-lumumba-congo/?platform=hootsuite

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16 Jan

16 January 2009: In Goma, the Ihusi Agreement was signed by #Rwanda #COngo and CNDP ending the rebellion and allowing the @RwandaMoD to enter the #DRC and fight the FDLR #CNDPRevolt

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16 Jan

16-18 January 1972: Three days of rioting in Gwelo #Rhodesia left one black dead and 55 arrested; Blacks were protesting the Pearce Commission holding hearings on black opinion of Smith-Home independence agreement

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16 Jan

Operation SAVANNAH: UNITA guerrillas inspect Benguela railway bridge over Lumege river in northeast #Angola 16 January 1976; MPLA destroyed the bridge to stop the South African advance in December #SouthAfricanBorderWar

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16 Jan

16 January 1994: PAC President Clarence Makwetu announced APLA had suspended armed struggle https://youtu.be/zOVkYoZusHQ via @YouTube

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16 Jan

16 January 1996: #SierraLeone leader Valentine Strasser was deposed in a bloodless military coup led by Julius Maada; he was flown by helicopter to exile in Conakry #Guniea https://youtu.be/NTg924ywjOo via @YouTube

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16 Jan

Operation SERVAL: A Panhard ERC 90 Sagaie leads a column of French military vehicles in Bamako #Mali on 15 January 2013

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16 Jan

15 January 1963-Operation GRAND SLAM: from Kolwezi, Katanga President Moise Tshombe announced he would end secession and implement U Thant @UN plan for reintegration into #Congo and amnesty

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16 Jan

15 January 1975: In Alvor #Portugal, an agreement was signed by UNITA, MPLA, FNLA and President da Costa Gomes on independence for #Angola on 11 November #AngolanCivilWar

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16 Jan

Uganda’s Leader @KagutaMuseveni of 35 Years Is Re-elected Amid Accusations of Vote-Rigging https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/world/africa/uganda-election-results.html?smid=tw-share

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15 Jan

9-15 January 1986- Operation JERRY: The 32Bn/recce/ UNITA MRL artillery bombardment of Menongue and Cuito Cuanavale #Angola #SouthAfricanBorderWar

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15 Jan

15 January 1966-The young Majors Coup: An attempted putsch in #Nigeria failed, leaving the Prime Minister and Premiers of two regions dead; power would be handed over to military and General Ironsi the following day

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15 Jan

Nigeria’s First Military Coup on 15 January 1966: My Father as a Witness to
History by @AdeyinkaMakinde http://adeyinkamakinde.blogspot.com/2016/01/nigerias-first-military-coup-my-father.html

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15 Jan

"Nice to see you again. how are you?": Major-General Gowon and Colonel Obasanjo accept #Biafra's surrender at an official ceremony unlike any other in Lagos #Nigeria on 15 January 1970 #NigerianCivilWar

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15 Jan

15 January 2019: former #IvoryCoast President Laurent Gbagbo was acquitted by the @IntlCrimCourt of crimes against humanity; he was forcibly removed from office in 2011 after a five-month civil war after refusing to accept an election defeat

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15 Jan

14 January 1962: The Stanleyville revolt of Antoine Gizenga ended with the surrender en masse of his gendarmes #Congo

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15 Jan

Anti-Balaka fighters with religious amulets 14 January 2014 #CentralAfricanRepublic; although secretive of their content and meaning, they were said to contain soil of ancestors, carry the flesh of enemies killed or to protect them in battle

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15 Jan

14 January 1963- 'Down with the hypocrites, long live the united #Congo": armed with wooden battering rams, 300 students stormed and ransacked the British embassy in Leopoldville over its perceived support for Moise Tshombe and Katanga secession

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14 Jan

Luxury Living in a Failed State: There is no place quite like Luanda #Angola one of the most unequal cities on Earth. Half of Angolans live on less than $2 a day and only 42% have regular access to electricity https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/01/extreme-city-specter?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned via @NewYorker

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14 Jan

Yoweri Museveni and Other African ‘Presidents for Life’; several are now gone https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/world/europe/yoweri-museveni-and-other-african-presidents-for-life.html?smid=tw-share

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14 Jan

Ugandans Are Voting. Will Their President of 35 Years Win Again? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/world/africa/uganda-elections-bobi-wine-museveni.html?smid=tw-share

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14 Jan

13 January 1999: former #Mali President Moussa Traore and his wife were sentenced to death for embezzlement; Traore had taken power by coup in 1968 and deposed in the same manner in 1991

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13 Jan

"After slavery and colonialism, imperialism has united #Nigeria" read a sign in Rome during demonstrations day after fall of #Biafra on 13 January 1970 #NigerianCivilWar

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13 Jan

"We have arrived at one of the greatest moments in the history of our nation" said Major General Yakubu Gowon, #Nigeria head of state, during a radio address at midnight on 13 January 1970 seven hours after #Biafra surrender #NigerianCivilWar

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