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16 Mar

Old #Rhodesia Cheetah?

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16 Mar

16 March 1984 " The Agreement on Non-Aggression and Good Neighbourliness": The Accords of Nkomati were signed by #SouthAfrica and #Mozambique

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16 Mar

15 March 1997: The eastern #Zaire #Congo city of Kisangani fell to advancing rebel AFDL and #Rwanda Army forces in the #FirstCongoWar

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15 Mar

15 March 1994- #Bophuthatswana Crisis: ANC President Nelson Mandela visited Mmabatho #SouthAfrica https://t.co/YWbcbhwZxI via @YouTube

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14 Mar

13 March 1994- Baha'i Faith Mission Massacre: APLA gunmen shot dead three whites at the Baha'i Church in Mdantsane outside East London #SouthAfrica

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14 Mar

13/14 March 1982- Witness to Super: Gunship Ace Neall Ellis #Angola #SouthAfrica

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14 Mar

9-14 March 1982-Operation Super: 32 Battalion air assault on PLAN camp near Iona in southwest #Angola killed nearly 200 SWAPO guerrillas and captured a huge arms cache #SouthAfrica

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4-7 March 1990-The Bloodless Coup that turned into Bloody Shambles: A committee of officers led by Brigadier Oupa Gqozo overthew President Lennox Sebe in the "Republic" of #Ciskei #SouthAfrica

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“The way people look at me now, they respect me for what I am doing.” Inês, deminer, HALO #Angola https://t.co/y73Ux3Bux2

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12 March 1994- #Bophuthatswana Crisis: the SADF intervened to restore order and deposed President Lucas Mangope who fled the capital of Mmabatho in a helicopter #SouthAfrica; at least 40 were killed in the disorder

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12 March 1961: At the Tananarive Conference in #Madagascar , Kasavubu, Tshombe and Kalonji agreed to a confederation of states in the #Congo; the follow-up meeting in Coquilhatville in April would see the arrest of #Katanga President Moise Tshombe

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11 March 1994 #Bophuthatswana Crisis: the blundering intervention by two white rightist militias ended with three AWB members gunned down by Bop security forces #SouthAfrica

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11 Mar

10-11 March 1979- The Battle of Lukaya: Gaddafi intervenes in #Uganda and the biggest battle of the #UgandaTanzaniaWar #Tanzania

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11 Mar

In #SouthAfrica, a Sense of Security Draws Many to Golf Communities https://t.co/PUnvTI5JL7

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10 Mar

10 March 1994- #Bophuthatswana Crisis: rioting and looting in Mmabatho as Black Homeland Collapses #SouthAfrica https://t.co/rfTJZAZ299 via @YouTube

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10 Mar

7-10 March 1994 "This is the kick of a dying horse"-#Bophuthatswana President Lucas Mangope announcement that the black homeland would not participate in elections led to a civil strike, rioting, looting,a mutiny by defence forces and intervention by the White Right #SouthAfrica

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9 Mar

In #SouthAfrica’s Fabled Wine Country, White and Black Battle Over Land https://t.co/Q0SOqsaCUt

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8 Mar

President Moise Tshombe of breakaway Katanga province and Albert Kalonji of Kasai Mining State at Tananarive on island of #Madagascar for conference of leaders of #Congo factions on 8 March 1961

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7 Mar

7 March 1993: After a 55 day battle, UNITA guerrillas captured Huambo, #Angola second largest city, from government FAPLA/FAA forces; an estimated 10,000 were killed https://t.co/e8LMQB8Zrq

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6 Mar

At a news conference in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa), two Canadian soldiers described how Congolese troops seized the port city of Matadi from the @UN 6 March 1961

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6 Mar

4-5 March 1961: After a two-day battle @UN troops were driven from the port city of Matadi on #Congo River by #Congolese Army troops

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2-4 March 1979 "We have crushed and killed all the aggressors": Ugandan exile rebels crossed the #Kenya border and attacked the #Uganda military barracks at Tororo east of Kampala

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3 March 1999 "Americans and British, we dont want you on our land": Eight tourists were hacked or bludgeoned to death by #Rwanda Hutu rebels in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, home of rare mountain gorillas, in #Uganda @ugwildlife

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A column of three BTR-60 APC and a T-54 tank In Luanda #Angola on 4 March 1976

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4 March 1980: Robert Mugabe won election victory with 63% of the vote and became Prime Minister of #Zimbabwe #Rhodesia https://t.co/XpEjI2V6JU

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3 March 1978: #Rhodesia Ian Smith reached an agreement with Black leaders Bishop Muzorewa, Ndabingi Sithole and Chief Jeremiah Chirau on an internal settlement that would provide for black rule by the end of year

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3 March 1976: President Samora Machel announced he was closing the #Mozambique border with #Rhodesia

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Mock funeral for former ZANU candiadate Enos Nkala ,who was thrown out of the election by Lord Soames for inflammatory comments, #Rhodesia #Zimbabawe during the 1980 election campaign

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Robert Mugabe at his home in Salisbury Southern #Rhodesia awaiting election results 3 March 1980

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At a assembly point west of Salisbury Southern #Rhodesia, ZIPRA guerrillas waiting to vote 1 March 1980 #Zimbabwe

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2 Mar

2 March 1976: President Agostinho Neto of #Angola said his country would support nationalist guerrilla movements in SW Africa and #Rhodesia

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2 Mar

Two Cuban officers with two MIG-21 jet fighters and a Mi-8M helicopter at Huambo airport #Angola in early March 1976

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2 Mar

2 March 1970: #Rhodesia declared itself a republic, dissolved parliament and set new elections for 10 April https://t.co/HfVYrvZ8C3

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1 Mar

1 March 1988- "Those 23 mm guns were just wiping the UNITA blokes off the tanks": Witness to the failed second attack at Tumpo, 61 Mech OC Mike Muller #Angola #SouthAfrica

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28 Feb

28 February 1979: #Rhodesia dissolved Parliament as part of the internal settlement with black leaders and a step towards elections on 20 April

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28 Feb

27 February 1984: Seven British nationals who were sentenced to long prison terms as mercenaries in #Angola in 1976, were released and flown back to #Britain

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27 Feb

27 February 1996: Six weeks after a military coup wisked erstwhile head of state Valentine Strasser away by helicopter to exile in Guinea, elections saw Ahmed Tejan Kabbah of SLPP elected President of #SierraLeone

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27 Feb

Muhammadu Buhari Wins Second Term as #Nigeria’s President https://t.co/TpBO7Yknpl

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26 Feb

26 February 1979 Operation Vanity: The #Rhodesia/ #SouthAfrica air raid on ZIPRA/ @MYANC Vila de Boma camp near Luso #Angola

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25 Feb

25 February 1988- Operation Hooper: The first #SouthAfrica/ UNITA attack on the Tumpo Triangle east of Cuito Cuanavale #Angola

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25 Feb

Vote @ZANUPF_Official : Joshua Nkomo spoke to a crowd of about 15,000 in Gwelo Southern #Rhodesia on 24 February 1980: Nkomo, Mugabe and Muzorewa were campaigning for 80 seats, 20 were reserved for whites.

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11-23 February 1981 Entumbane Uprising: fighting between ZIPRA and ZANLA guerrillas at Entumbane near Bulawayo left 260 dead; Robert Mugabe was forced to order the remaining white-led #Rhodesia RAR and Alouette gunships to put down the rebellion https://t.co/SaCn8ENG9Z

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22 February 1976: #Portugal recognised the MPLA as the sole government of #Angola

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Nigerians Finally Get to Vote, but Hit a Few More Snags; the former dictator and first democratically elected President Buhari faces off against Atiku Abubakar who promises more jobs https://t.co/dMVnoPgel5

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It’s hard to imagine those days now.. we had bombing drills at school.... we need to appreciate peace more. #Zambia https://t.co/Wi4M0LUQug

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23 February 1979 Operation Grovel: #Rhodesia Air Force Canberra bombers struck the major ZIPRA base Nampundwe camp west of Lusaka #Zambia,

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23 Feb

23 February 1978: Prime Minister Ian Smith of #Rhodesia gave a wide-ranging interview to the @nytimes in Salisbury, remarking it was incomprehensible that #Britain and the US would not approve of the imminent Internal settlement, and claiming Robert Mugabe had no support

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22 Feb

22 February 2002: #Angola UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi was killed in Moxico province, 700 km southeast of Luanda which would finally lead to the end of the 27 year civil war

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21 Feb

"To replace a White dictatorship with a black one, then slip off back to Whitehall as quickly as possible would be perfidious" said @TheEconomist as Bishop Muzorewa campaigns for the election scheduled for the next week in Southern #Rhodesia 21 February 1980