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RSS Feed26/27 November 1960: Former Army chief General Victor Lundula and deposed Premier Patrice Lumumba escaped detention in Leopoldville and fled towards Stanleyville #Congo #CONGO60
2"(Jerry) Rawlings introduced something quite new into African politics. He established the idea that there are laws of natural justice that not even military men can evade. Even political generals are accountable to the law; nobody is outside the law."
- Emeka Ojukwu, Sept.1981.
25 November 1985- "It's hit! it's going down!" Operation CERBERUS: A 5 Recce team and UNITA shot down a Antonov An-12 cargo plane, used to supply FAPLA forces, with a captured SA-9 missile outside Menongue #Angola, killing all 21 on board #AngolanCivilWar #SouthAfricanBorderWar
3C.I.A. Officer Is Killed in Somalia https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/us/politics/cia-officer-somalia-death.html?smid=tw-share
Operation DRAGON ROUGE: Approximately 1,600 Europeans were flown out from Stanleyville on 24/25 November 1964; it was too late for the 28 hostages killed, including American Missionary Dr Paul Carlson, sentenced to death by Simbas eight days before #SimbaRevolt
4Operation DRAGON ROUGE: The night march on 24 November 1964 by column of 5 commando mercenaries and Congolese troops led by Mike Hoare was held up by Simba ambushes on the road to Stanleyville and arrived several hours late; CBS correspondent George Clay was killed #SimbaRevolt
424 November 1964- Operation DRAGON ROUGE: 320 Belgian paratroopers jump at Stanleyville, securing the airport before the rush into the city #Congo to rescue the hostages #SimbaRevolt
425 November 1970: @UN mission headed to #Guinea to investigate the attack on Conakry by then unknown forces; their report issued on 4 December would conclude the Portuguese military was responsible and was an attempt to kill PAIGC leader Amilcar Cabral https://youtu.be/zehsPW3q9m4
Operation SAVANNAH: One of the five Eland 90 of Battle Group Foxbat lost to the Cubans and FAPLA at Battle of Ebo on 23 November 1975 and pictured in 2009 #SouthAfricanBorderWar
223 November 1970- "Have personally seen four ships and fighter planes flying over the city": @UN Secretary General U Thant reads telegrams from #Guinea President Sekou Toure on Portuguese raid on Conakry https://youtu.be/hJ-08iFAz4o via @YouTube
Nkunda's War: rebel soldiers of Laurent Nkunda's CNDP north of Goma #Congo in November 2008: The CNDP launched an offensive on 26 October that routed
@FARDC_ and displaced a quarter million people #CNDPRebellion
Operation DINGO: corpses of dead ZANLA guerrillas at Chimoio base #Mozambique killed during the SAS/RLI aerial assault on 23 November 1977; at least 560 guerrillas were killed with higher estimates to two Rhodesian KIA and 12 wounded #RhodesianBushWar
4M23 rebellion: M23 rebels outside Sake as residents flees the town 27 km west of Goma on Lake Kivu #Congo; rebels briefly held the town before it was recaptured by @FARDC_ and Mai-Mai militia on 22 November 2012
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September – South African songwriter Don Clarke
Uys has made me cry many times over the years, often with laughter – not always. A razor-sharp satirist, with or without eyelashes.
They were only boys…but their stoic heroism survives.
They are etched forever in our hearts, minds and souls,
Their names forever engraved on our Rhodesian scrolls,
“Hamba kahle”, brave soldiers prematurely gone to rest,
“Sala kahle”, by your legacies Rhodesians are truly blessed. – by Alf Hutchison
April in South Africa: Easter: Splashy: Freedom Day If you missed the Easter service (or any other), you can catch up here. Derek delivers an on-line service from Northern Ireland (via Facebook Live) every Sunday at 1.30pm. Splashy & Freedom Day Don Clarke performed many of his songs at Splashy this year. The current mood for
Blame the Whites / Blame it on the Whites A reconcilatory song I listened to a song by Don Clarke mainly out of curiosity. A long time Kristofferson fan, the title reminded me of Blame it on the Stones. After grabbing the headset, I pressed PLAY. Catchy title/catchy tune, all good. I wanted to know more so
