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‘There Is No Safe Area’: In Kabul, Fear Has Taken Over https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/world/asia/afghanistan-kabul-taliban-violence.html?smid=tw-share

18 January 1972: Three days of rioting in Gwelo #Rhodesia left one dead and 55 arrested demonstrating against presence of Pearce Commission canvassing Black opinion on Smith-Home independence pact; former Prime Minister Garfield Todd was arrested https://youtu.be/6NmpwjTVUGM

Four members of #Namibia Defense Forces were killed when their casspir overturned between Ondangwa and Oshakati on 15 January 1993

Colonel Samuel Chiwale, commander of FALA armed wing of UNITA since 1969, at Bucaco northeast of Luso(now Luena) #Angola on 17 January 1976 #AngolanCivilWar

17 January 1966: Maj. Gen. Aguiyi-Ironsi's Press Conference After #Nigeria's First coup; the government handed over power to the military the day before https://youtu.be/mqqIEgRJdm0 via @YouTube

Col. Acheampong States the Aims of his Military Govt. on 17 January 1972 After Overthrowing Kofi Busia five days earlier #Ghana https://youtu.be/4YeuJteJVY0 via @YouTube

17 January 1961: deposed #Congo premier Patrice Lumumba @executedtoday by firing squad in Katanga province; In 2001, a Belgian commission found Belgium bore "moral responsibility" for his death, and #Belgium officially apologized in 2002 http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/01/17/1961-patrice-lumumba-congo/?platform=hootsuite

16 January 2009: In Goma, the Ihusi Agreement was signed by #Rwanda #COngo and CNDP ending the rebellion and allowing the @RwandaMoD to enter the #DRC and fight the FDLR #CNDPRevolt

Joshua Nkomo campaigning in Salisbury Southern #Rhodesia on 16 January 1980

16-18 January 1972: Three days of rioting in Gwelo #Rhodesia left one black dead and 55 arrested; Blacks were protesting the Pearce Commission holding hearings on black opinion of Smith-Home independence agreement

Operation SAVANNAH: UNITA guerrillas inspect Benguela railway bridge over Lumege river in northeast #Angola 16 January 1976; MPLA destroyed the bridge to stop the South African advance in December #SouthAfricanBorderWar

16 January 1994: PAC President Clarence Makwetu announced APLA had suspended armed struggle https://youtu.be/zOVkYoZusHQ via @YouTube

16 January 1996: #SierraLeone leader Valentine Strasser was deposed in a bloodless military coup led by Julius Maada; he was flown by helicopter to exile in Conakry #Guniea https://youtu.be/NTg924ywjOo via @YouTube

16 January 2001: #Congo President Laurent Kabila was assassinated in Kinshasa #SecondCongoWar

Operation SERVAL: A Panhard ERC 90 Sagaie leads a column of French military vehicles in Bamako #Mali on 15 January 2013

15 January 1963-Operation GRAND SLAM: from Kolwezi, Katanga President Moise Tshombe announced he would end secession and implement U Thant @UN plan for reintegration into #Congo and amnesty

15 January 1975: In Alvor #Portugal, an agreement was signed by UNITA, MPLA, FNLA and President da Costa Gomes on independence for #Angola on 11 November #AngolanCivilWar

Uganda’s Leader @KagutaMuseveni of 35 Years Is Re-elected Amid Accusations of Vote-Rigging https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/world/africa/uganda-election-results.html?smid=tw-share

9-15 January 1986- Operation JERRY: The 32Bn/recce/ UNITA MRL artillery bombardment of Menongue and Cuito Cuanavale #Angola #SouthAfricanBorderWar

15 January 1966-The young Majors Coup: An attempted putsch in #Nigeria failed, leaving the Prime Minister and Premiers of two regions dead; power would be handed over to military and General Ironsi the following day

Nigeria’s First Military Coup on 15 January 1966: My Father as a Witness to
History by @AdeyinkaMakinde http://adeyinkamakinde.blogspot.com/2016/01/nigerias-first-military-coup-my-father.html