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November 22, 2019

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From Ndjamena to Cape Town, posts on the politics and military history of sub-Saharan Africa since 1960 in an #onthisday format.

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Operation Dragon Rouge: Belgian paratroopers loading gear up on a American C-130 on Ascension Island for flight to Kamina airbase in #Congo 22 November 1964

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The corpses of coup leader Colonel Craig Duli and 10 of his conspirators, along with captured weaponry, were gruesomely displayed at the car park of Ncini base near Umtata #Transkei afterwards on 22 November 1990

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#Transkei Coup attempt: #SouthAfrica Premier John Vorster and Transkei Premier Kaiser Matanzima in late 1970s: he would of been named Premier again if Colonel Duli's coup had succeeded on 22 November 1990

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21 Nov

21 November 1985- #Mamelodi Massacre: Police opened fire on a crowd of 30,000 protesting high rents and army presence in Mamelodi township outside Pretoria, killing 13 and injuring many others #SouthAfrica

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21 Nov

#Congolese army Bridging equipment being used for a pontoon to cross the Lubufu river on the advance to Stanleyville #Congo November 1964

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21 Nov

#Kenya Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta, who was acting as an intermediary with the Simba rebels, met with @USEmbassyKenya ambassador William Attwood, in Nairobi to discuss the fate of the hostages; rebel 'foreign minister' Thomas Kanza did not show 21 November 1964 #Congo

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21 Nov

#Zimbabwe police beat opposition supporters after banning planned rally by MDC leader Nelson Chamisa in the former Salisbury #Rhodesia https://news.yahoo.com/zimbabwean-police-beat-opposition-supporters-rally-ban-161848521.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=tw via @Yahoo

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21 Nov

#Congo #DRC Court Hands Life Sentence to Raia Mutomboki Warlord Alimasi for Murder, Sexual Violence @FARDC_ https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/11/19/world/africa/19reuters-congo-justice.html?searchResultPosition=4

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20 Nov

Seven people killed and 10 others kidnapped in another Allied Democratic forces ADF attack in the city of Beni (North Kivu) #Congo; 54 killed in past week https://www.radiookapi.net/2019/11/20/emissions/dialogue-entre-congolais/rdc-sept-personnes-tuees-et-dix-autres-kidnappees-lors

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20 Nov

One of the three Helicopter Administrative Areas (HAA) used for refueling, supply and water provisioning during Operation Daisy in November 1981 #Angola

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20 Nov

Operation Daisy: The size and noise of the 250 vehicle, 55 km long mechanized column alerted PLAN and allowed them time to evacuate the bases around Chitequeta #Angola 1-20 November 1981

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20 Nov

1-20 November 1981- Operation Daisy, the #SouthAfrica SADF mechanized assault on SWAPO/PLAN bases around Chitequeta 170 km inside #Angola

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20 Nov

20 November 2012: M23 rebels took control of the city of Goma on the north shore of Lake Kivu #Congo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4n68S74UUk&feature=youtu.be

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20 Nov

20 November 1964- Stanleyville Hostage Crisis: Vandewalle's L'Ommengang column captured Punia, 250 miles south of Stanleyville #Congo

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20 Nov

20 November 1994: In Lusaka, the #Angola government and UNITA signed a peace treaty providing for power sharing and elections; neither Jonas Savimbi, who did not show, nor Eduardo dos Santos signed. The war would drag on 8 more years.

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19 Nov

Ratels of 61 Mech BG form up to move out in southern #Angola during the deepest mechanized strike since Savannah, Operation Daisy 1-20 November 1981 #SouthAfrica

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19 Nov

President Frederick Chiluba of #Zambia greets President Eduardo dos Santos of #Angola at airport in Lusaka as he arrived for the signing of a peace treaty with the UNITA rebel movement on 19 November 1994

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19 Nov

19 November 1994: In #Mozambique's first multi-party elections, FRELIMO party leader Joaquim Chissano was elected President

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19 Nov

19 November 1964 "We stand ready at anytime for discussions to ensure the safety of US nationals": The US government agreed to negotiate with the Simba rebels in Stanleyville #Congo

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19 Nov

19 November 1964: The mercenary-led column L'Ommengang resumed the advance on Simba-held Stanleyville #Congo from Kindu, 600 km distant

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19 Nov

19 November 1976- Geneva Conference: From Salisbury #Rhodesia, Ian Smith denounced Black demands for independence in one year opposed to the two years agreed upon in the Kissinger Plan #Zimbabwe

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18 Nov

Operation Daisy: A Ratel of 61 Mech as SADF columns penetrated up to 170 km deep Into #Angola ; intel gathered during Protea in August led to a quick follow up major external from November 1-20 1981 although the results were disappointing

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18 Nov

@ModernConflict At a meeting between Smith & Kissinger in Pretoria on the 18th September 1976 the American Diplomat was quoted as saying “My participation in the demise of Rhodesia is one of the great tragedies of my life”. Vorster then advised Smith that SA could no longer support Rhodesia.

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18 Nov

Alice Lauma of the Holy Spirit Movement, who led an insurgency in Uganda from 1986 until its final defeat in November 1987; Joseph Kony, a Lauma ally then rival and leader of the LRA and still on the run from 2005 @IntlCrimCourt war crimes charges

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18 Nov

"We are very strong. No force can defeat us": #Uganda leader Yuweri Museveni speaking at Magamaga in November 1987 shortly after the defeat of the Holy Spirit Movement of rebel preistess Alice Lauma

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18 Nov

Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe of the newly formed Patriotic Front fielding questions from media in Geneva in November 1976; a conference was being held to implement the Kissinger Plan reached in September to transition to majority rule in two years #Rhodesia

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18 Nov

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

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18 Nov

Major Ildephonse Rwendeye, a top FAR #Rwanda army commander instrumental in repeling the RPF invasion in October, was killed in a ambush by the RPA on 18 November 1990; The RPA had lost its commander Fred Rwigyema on second day of the war

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17 Nov

Italian Airmen attached to @UN Murdered By Congolese Army 11-16 November 1961 https://youtu.be/oo7rIYlvYis via @YouTube

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17 Nov

16 November 1961: 13 Italian airmen attached to the @UN ONUC force were massacred by ANC #Congolese Army soldiers near Kindu in eastern Congo, their bodies dismembered and thrown into the Lualaba river

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17 Nov

17 November 1998: #Uganda -led UPDF/MLC troops captured the #Congo river port town of Bumba during the #SecondCongoWar

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16 Nov

10-16 November 1967- La Force d'Intervention: French soldiers arrived in Bangui, beginning military intervention in the #CentralAfricanRepublic that would span a half century

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16 Nov

16 November 1964 - Stanleyville Hostage Crisis: Simba 'President' Christophe Gbenye sentenced missionary Dr Paul Carlson to death , accusing him of being an American spy #Congo

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16 Nov

16 November 1987- Operation Moduler and the Chambinga Gallop: The FAPLA withdrawal to the Cuito River and the armour battle on the Hube #Angola #SouthAfrcia

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16 Nov

Supporters of deposed Premier Patrice Lumumba beat up on an opponent in the streets of Leopoldville #Congo 16 November 1960

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16 Nov

16-20 November 1979- Operation Dice: #SouthAfrica Recce/ #Rhodesia SAS operators destroyed nine rail and road bridges in #Zambia

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15 Nov

Young FAPLA, the armed wing of the MPLA, soldiers in November 1975; they suffered heavy losses in clashes with the SADF during Operation Savannah #Angola

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15 Nov

15 November 1980: The government of #Guinea-#Bissau was overthrown in coup d'etat led by Prime Minister Joao Bernardo Vieira

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15 Nov

15 November 1996- War of the Camps: RPA #Rwanda troops and Banyamulenge militia began the attack on the vast Mugunga camp northwest of Goma forcing over 600,000 refugees to flee #Congo #FirstCongoWar #Zaire

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14 Nov

#Congo Foreign Minister Justin Bomboko addressed the @UN Security Council, requesting aid to fight the "chaotic situation" in Katanga province on 14 November 1961

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14 Nov

14 November 1975- Operation Savannah: Task Force Zulu captured the port of Novo Redondo(now Sumbe) on the Atlantic, 300 km south of Luanda #Angola #SouthAfrica

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13 Nov

Eland-60 and Eland-90 of the SADF. The Eland was a modified French Panhard AML armoured car which was licensed for production in #SouthAfrica in 1964

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13 Nov

"Wilson, free Nkomo and Sithole": Ghanaians protesting against #Rhodesia declaration of independence 13 November 1965 #Ghana

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13 Nov

12 November 1965: The @UN Security Council passed a resolution condemning #Rhodesia independence and called for all states to deny recognition and aid

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13 Nov

Cadre of SWAPO/PLAN: SWAPO claimed responsibility for blowing up a rail line in Windhoek and bombing the post office in Walvis Bay #Namibia on 12 November 1987 #Angola

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13 Nov

Stanleyville Hostage Crisis, November 1964- "Employment with a Difference": The #SouthAfrica, #Rhodesia and Belgian Mercenaries of 5 Commando

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