Great White Tribe

28 February 1961: #Congo premier Joseph Ileo signed a defense pact with secession leader Tshombe and Kalonji in Elisabethville

28 February 1997: RPA searches for Interahamwe rebels in central #Rwanda https://youtu.be/hFb3MbiDXh0 via @YouTube

Gowon restates the case for Nigerian unity after Aburi | February 1967 https://youtu.be/4OXdNDuQztY via @YouTube

27 February 1961: President de Gaulle and #Tunisia President Bourguiba met at Rambouillet #France ; this was the prelude to the direct talks between the GPRA/FLN and French government at Evian in May to end the #AlgerianWar

27 February 1980: The first day of voting in Southern #Rhodesia independence election

27 February 1982- Operation OLYFHOUT: Friendly fire incident by Impalas killed one 32 Bn soldier and injured 17 in #Angola #AngolanCivilWar

Secessionist Katanga President Moise Tshombe at his residence in Elisabethville #Congo on 26 February 1961

27 February 1999: after 16 years of military rule, former dictator General Olusegun Obasanjo was elected President of #Nigeria

26 February 1999: the @UN Security Council voted to end its MONUA peace-keeping mission in #Angola #AngolanCivilWar

The Toyota Hilux, the go-to gun platform for insurrectionists

Operation PANTHER: A French Eurocopter Tiger gunship prepares to fire on rebel positions south of Tessalit in eastern #Mali on 26 February 2013

Operation PANTHER: A French Caesar 155 mm fires on Islamist rebel positions south of Tessalit in eastern #Mali on 26 February 2013

26 February 1996: Ahmed Kabbah won the presidential election in Sierra Leone #SierraLeone

Operation VANITY: SAAF/RhAF Canberra attack on ANC/ZIPRA base, the bombs strike at Luso Boma #Angola on 26 February 1979 #RhodesianBushWar

26 February 1979- "If necessary, we'll blast them back to the Stone Age": Operation VANITY, the SAAF/RhAF air raid on Luso #Angola #RhodesianBushWar

25 February 1988- Operation HOOPER: First attack on Tumpo Triangle at Cuito Cuanavale #Angola #SouthAfricanBorderWar

25 February 2003: former #Zambia President Frederick Chiluba was arrested and charged with looting state treasury of over 40 million; most charges would be dropped and he was acquitted of the remainder in 2009

Supporters of former military ruler Olusegun Obasanjo at a rally in former #Biafra capital of Enugu on 23 February 1999; elections were being held for first time since August 1983 election of Shehu Shagari who was deposed in a coup four months later #Nige