Great White Tribe

5 March 1986- " #Nigeria, our spirits shall rise again": General Mamman Vatsa and nine others were @executedtoday by firing squad for an alleged coup plot to overthrow military ruler Ibrahim Babangida

4/5 March 1961- Battle for Matadi: after a two-day battle with FAC, @UN ONUC troops were driven from the #Congo river port city of Matadi, 350 km southwest of Leopoldville

5 March 1979: Ian Smith closes last session of white-dominated #Rhodesia parliament #RhodesianBushWar https://youtu.be/VK8kzD6L-OA via @YouTube

4 March 1978: Aftermath of bomb blast in Salisbury #Rhodesia day after announcement of Internal agreement with Black leaders #RhodesianBushWar https://youtu.be/5bobNQZoVtk via @YouTube

3 March 1976: #Mozambique closed its border with #Rhodesia and seized all Rhodesian assets in the country #RhodesianBushWar

3 March 1981: #Zimbabwe Prime Minister Robert Mugabe speaking at a rally in Salisbury, now Harare, on first anniversary of election https://youtu.be/y4yGxBGdReM via @YouTube

Cheering supporters of Robert Mugabe pass #Rhodesia soldiers guarding Black township outside Salisbury after his election victory on 4 March 1980 #ZImbabwe

Pierre Lagaillarde emerges from the Barricades and surrenders at the collapse of the insurrection on 1 February 1960; On 2 March 1961 he was sentenced to 10 years in abstentia; he finished out the #AlgerianWar a captive guest of the Spanish government on the Canary islands

2 March 1961- BARRICADES Trial: 13 of the 19 defendants were acquitted of the weeklong insurrection in Algiers in January 1960; Leaders Joe Ortiz got death and Pierre Lagaillarde 10 years #AlgerianWar

President de Gaulle straps into a helicopter leaving for a base in Batna on his three-day inspection tour in #Algeria 3-5 March 1960 #AlgerianWar

4 March 1980- "Let us join together": Robert Mugabe won the Southern #Rhodesia independence election with 63% of vote and became Prime Minister of #Zimbabwe

29 February 1984: After UNITA captured 16 British nationals at Cafunfo, #Angola released the remaining seven British mercenaries it had held since 1976 #AngolanCivilWar

25 February 2009: Three Revolutionary United Front commanders were convicted of war crimes by the Special Court for #SierraLeone in Freetown #SierraLeoneCivilWar

2/3 March 2013- Operation SERVAL: Battle for Ametettai ; French lost second soldier killed in Ifoghas Massif in eastern #Mali

4 March 1980- "The unbearable Truth": Operation QUARTZ #Rhodesia