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Nkunda's War: Congolese Army @FARDC_ soldiers march from Kabati about 10 km north of Goma on Lake Kivu in eastern #Congo on 7 November 2008 #CNDPRebellion

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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

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Operation DINGO: an unexploded anti-personnel alpha bomb at Chimoio; A Canberra would drop hundreds from 300 feet set to explode at 2-3 metres after bouncing off ground causing devastating losses to anyone nearby #RhodesianBushWar

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23/24 November 1977- Operation DINGO Zulu 1: RLI/SAS air assault on ZANLA New Farm Chimoio base 70 km in #Mozambique #RhodesianBushWar #Rhodesia

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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

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23 November 1977- "Our own little Arnhem": Witness to Operation DINGO, SAS operator Peter McAleese and Fl Lt Mark Mclean #RhodesianBushWar #Rhodesia

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22 November 1990: A bloody coup of Bantu Holomisa @BantuHolomisa in Umtata #Transkei failed, with coup leader Colonel Craig Duli and nine other putschists killed along with nine soldiers

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Operation DINGO: 32 Alouettes to be used to attack New Farm gather at the HAA set up at Lake Alexander, 4 km from #Mozambique and 5,725 feet above sea level 23 November 1977 #Rhodesia #RhodesianBushWar

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The Ommengang mercenary-led motorised column Left Lubutu on evening of 23 November 1964 for the night march on Stanleyville 240 km away: set to arrive simultaneously with the Dragon Rouge paradrop the next morning #SimbaRevolt #Congo

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Operation DRAGON ROUGE: T-28 and B-26 fighter bombers being prepared at Kamina for air strikes to support the Belgian paratroop air assault on Stanleyville #Congo 23 November 1964 #SimbaRevolt

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22 November 1990: A bloody coup of Bantu Holomisa in Umtata #Transkei failed, with coup leader Colonel Craig Duli and nine other putschists killed along with nine soldiers

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Corpses of ten putschists killed along with captured weapons after failed coup led by Colonel Craig Duli displayed at the carpark at military base near Umtata #Transkei 22 November 1990

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Simba Rebellion: #Congolese army bridging equipment being used for a pontoon to cross the Lubufu river on the Mercenary-led advance to Stanleyville #Congo from Kindu 22 November 1964 #Simbarevolt

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Operation DRAGON ROUGE: Belgian paratroopers loading gear up a C-130 on Ascension Island for flight to Kamina airbase in southeast #Congo 22 November 1964 #SimbaRevolt

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M23 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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21 November 2012- M23 Rebellion: From Kampala, the leaders of #Uganda, #Rwanda and #Congo issued a statement demanding M23 withdraw from Goma

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21 November 2012- "President Kabila brought warplanes and big guns but he was unable to defeat us": M23 rebels, after capturing Goma, said they would march on Kinshasa #Congo

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M23 Rebellion: M23 leader Sultani Makenga (LEFT) enters the city of Goma #Congo on 20 November 2012; the other M23 leader, Bosco "The Terminator" Ntaganda, was wanted on @IntlCrimCourt war crimes charges

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20 November 2012- M23 rebellion: M23 rebels captured the city of Goma on Lake Kivu in northeastern #Congo

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21 Nov

21 November 1979- "Don't worry about Mugabe. They always say some wild thing like that. They will accept a cease-fire": Muzorewa in Salisbury #Rhodesia on his return from Lancaster House Conference; Mugabe would agree to a cease-fire on 5 December https://youtu.be/FRJ58Jsf5Hc

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21 Nov

Uganda Releases Opposition Leader After Clashes Kill at Least 28 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/world/africa/Uganda-Bobi-Wine-protests.html?smid=tw-share

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21 Nov

20 November 1994: The Lusaka Peace Accord was signed by representatives of UNITA and #Angola government; Jonas Savimbi didn't show up and Eduardo dos Santos designated a deputy to sign #AngolanCivilWar

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20 Nov

Winnie Mandela's bodyguard lies dead in the car they were traveling in at Johannesburg #SouthAfrica on 20 November 1993; He and a pedestrian were shot dead during a gun fight after a street altercation

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20 Nov

20 November 1993: Thousands were killed in ethnic violence since the failed coup d'etat by Tutsi officers on 21 October 1993 who assassinated the Hutu President; Up to 300,000 would be killed in the #BurundiCivilWar before a transitional government took office in November 2001

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20 Nov

Operation DICE: Uplift by a Cheetah of SAS operators from #Zambia after blowing one of the ten bridges 16-20 November 1979; DICE was the last external of the #RhodesianBushWar In exactly three weeks #Rhodesia would vote itself out of existence

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Deadly Protests Erupt in Uganda After Arrest of 2 Opposition Figures https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/world/africa/uganda-bobi-wine-arrest.html?smid=tw-share

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19 November 1968: Modibo Keita, #Mali President since independence in 1960, was overthrown by a military coup in Bamako led by Lt Moussa Traore

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19 November 1964: 5 Mech Brigade and the Simba Rebellion #SimbaRevolt #Congo #CONGO60

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19 November 1964- Simba Rebellion: The 5 commando mercenary-led motorised column Ommengang resumed the advance on Simba-held Stanleyville #Congo from Kindu, 600 km distant #SimbaRevolt

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19 November 1976- Geneva Conference: from Salisbury #Rhodesia, Prime Minister Ian Smith denounced nationalist demands for majority rule within a year #RhodesianBushWar

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Operation DICE: The Chongwe River bridge on main road east of Lusaka was blown by #Rhodesia SAS on 19 November 1979; 10 bridges were dropped in #Zambia in a five-day period #RhodesianBushWar

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18 November 1964- Operation DRAGON ROUGE: 13 US C-130 cargo planes with 545 Belgian paratroopers arrived on Ascension Island, a British possession in the Atlantic; It would also stage British forces in the #Falklands War 18 years later #Congo #SimbaRevolt

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Simba Rebellion: American missionary Dr Paul Carlson, second from left, hears his death sentence for being an American 'spy' pronounced by APL Simba President Christophe Gbenye in a crowd of hostages in Stanleyville on 16 November 1964 #SimbaRevolt

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16/18 November 1996- War of the Camps: After the huge Mugunga camp northwest of Goma was attacked by #Rwanda and its Congolese Tutsi allies, over a three-day period, 500,000 refugees fled and crossed the border at Gisenyi back into Rwanda #FirstCongoWar

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15 November 1996-25 January 1997: The Third Army Mutiny in Bangui #CentralAfricanRepublic

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Memorial service for the thirteen Italian airmen killed in Kindu by Congolese soldiers at Leopoldville's Church of Notre Dame du #Congo Cathedral on 18 November 1961; President Joseph Kasavubu third from left #CONGO60 their bodies were never recovered

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Operation DICE: The Kaleya River bridge on road from Lusaka to Livingstone, destroyed by #Rhodesia SAS on 18 November 1979; one of 10 bridges brought down in #Zambia over a five-day period #RhodesianBushwar

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17 November 1998: MLC rebels and UPDF #Uganda army regulars captured the #Congo river port town of Bumba, 280 km west of Kisangani #SecondCongoWar

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7 November 1998- "When I get to Kinshasa they’ll have to queue to reach my office”: Jean-Pierre Bemba announced the formation of the MLC, the second major rebel group that fought in the #SecondCongoWar #Congo

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Ethiopian troops 'liberate' key town in Tigray, claim officials https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/16/ethiopian-troops-liberate-key-town-in-tigray-claim-officials?CMP=share_btn_tw

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17 November 1989: fingered by a former askari on death row in October and fleeing to Europe, former police commander Dirk Coetzee admitted in @VryeWeekblad to political killings and he led one of five "hit squads" run out of a police base at Vlakplaas near Pretoria #SouthAfrica

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17 November 1993- "I hereby dissolve... everything": #Nigeria Interim President Ernest Shonekan is ousted by Defense Minister Sani Abacha; Shonekan was appointed in August after Ibrahim Babangida resigned when his annulment of June elections backfired https://youtu.be/qhG3OU8FZZk

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Nkunda's War: CNDP leader Laurent Nkunda dances with @UN envoy Olusegun Obasanjo in Jomba northeast #Congo on 16 November 2008; #Rwanda was not amused, and would strike a deal with Kabila that would end Nkunda's rebel career in January 2009 #CNDPRebellion

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17 November 2014: In Kalemie #Congo, ADF leader Jamil Mukulu was sentenced to death for the murder of @FARDC_ Colonel Mamadou Ndala; Mukulu was captured in 2015 in #Tanzania and is in #Uganda to face terrorism and murder charges. Thanks to @BeineByron for correct location

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Top A.N.C. Official Charged With Corruption in South Africa https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/world/africa/anc-corruption-south-africa.html?smid=tw-share

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Supporters of deposed Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba clash with opponents on streets of Leopoldville on 16 November 1960; Lumumba was detained at his residence under
@UN guard since being overthrown by Mobutu/Kasavubu in September #Congo #CONGO60

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15/29 November 1968-Operation HIROSHIMA: #Biafra offensive to recapture Onitsha failed; Famous for photos of 4 commando Major Taffy Williams ordering Belgian mercenary Marc Goosens to attack federal positions during which he is killed shortly after #NigerianCivilWar

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15 November 1967 Mercenary Rebellion: Jean Schramme and European Mercenaries, who had been besieged in Bukavu for two months and forced to cross into #Rwanda on 5 November, Asked by OAU to Sign A Declaration Never to Come Back To Africa #MercenaryRevolt https://youtu.be/OI07pwm_2wU