Great White Tribe

23 January 2009: CNDP rebel warlord Laurent Nkunda crossed the #Congo border into #Rwanda and was arrested #CNDPREbellion

Katangese gendarmes and mercenaries on the road for Kolwezi to Dilolo on the #Congo border with then Portuguese #Angola on 23 January 1963; thousands had not surrendered and along with trains full of arms and ammo would cross the border in the next few days

On ‘Rooftop of Africa,’ Ethiopia’s Troops Hunt Fugitive Former Rulers https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/world/africa/ethiopia-tigray-conflict-abiy.html?smid=tw-share

22/23 January 1986-"We will not be a soft option for any Tom, Dick and Harry who wants to attack us": in the third round of clashes between Zulus and Pondo's outside Durban #SouthAfrica 42 were killed, 10,000 homes destroyed and 40,000 left homeless

22 January 1977- "A Deadly Read": ZAPU Vice President JZ Moyo was blown up by a #Rhodesia CIO parcel bomb in Lusaka #Zambia #RhodesianBushWar

22 January 1976: UNITA forces in its HQ city of Silva Porto, now Kuito; Cuban armor columns were rapidly approaching Novo Lisboa (Huambo) the UNITA/FNLA capital as #SouthAfrica began its withdrawal from #Angola #angolancivilwar https://youtu.be/L9alHiz6O44 via @YouTube

21 January 1987- Operation MARION and the Kwamakhutha massacre: 13 people were killed by Inkatha gunmen outside Durban #SouthAfrica including seven children

21 January 1963- "You have fought bravely against the enemy three times in past 2-1/2 years. Now the time has come to cooperate with the @UN": ONUC forces walked into Kolwezi unopposed, ending the Katanga secession

Operation SERVAL: French VBC 8x8 APC in #Mali 21 January 2013

Operation SERVAL: French troops of 21 RIMa advance north into rebel occupied #Mali from Bamako on 21 January 2013; here a Renault VAB APC stands guard in Niono

21 January 1978: Blacks leaving protected villages for shantytowns outside Salisbury #Rhodesia; security forces resettled hundreds of thousands to keep them away from nationalist guerrillas #RhodesianBushWar https://youtu.be/mTeCuszf-Wo via @YouTube

Operation GRAND SLAM: Nuns crossing the Lufira bride, one of seven bridges repaired by the @UN on the way to Kolwezi northwest of Elisabethville #Congo on 21 January 1963

Suicide Bombings in Crowded Baghdad #Iraq Market Kill at Least 32 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/world/middleeast/baghdad-market-bombing.html?smid=tw-share

21/22 January 1979- The destruction of Mutukula: The #Tanzania invasion of #Uganda began #UgandaTanzaniaWar

Violence at a patriotic front rally in Bulawayo Southern #Rhodesia where the crowd attacked a suspected police agent 21 January 1980

His secession and rival government undone in Stanleyville, Antoine Gizenga returned to Leopoldville #Congo on 20 January 1962 under @UN protection; instead he was turned him over to central government, arrested and would remain in custody until July 1964

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

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

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

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

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"

21 January 1976- "The Cubans or Russians have no right to kill Angolans": Facing a increasingly desperate situation for UNITA with #SouthAfrica withdrawal