On ‘Rooftop of Africa,’ Ethiopia’s Troops Hunt Fugitive Former Rulers https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/world/africa/ethiopia-tigray-conflict-abiy.html?smid=tw-share
22 January 1976: UNITA forces in its HQ city of Silva Porto, now Kuito; Cuban armor columns were rapidly approaching Novo Lisboa (Huambo) the UNITA/FNLA capital as #SouthAfrica began its withdrawal from #Angola #angolancivilwar https://youtu.be/L9alHiz6O44 via @YouTube
21 January 1978: Blacks leaving protected villages for shantytowns outside Salisbury #Rhodesia; security forces resettled hundreds of thousands to keep them away from nationalist guerrillas #RhodesianBushWar https://youtu.be/mTeCuszf-Wo via @YouTube
Suicide Bombings in Crowded Baghdad #Iraq Market Kill at Least 32 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/world/middleeast/baghdad-market-bombing.html?smid=tw-share
@ModernConflict https://twitter.com/Yebo_Live/status/1352133827284459522?s=20
21 January 1976- "The Cubans or Russians have no right to kill Angolans": Facing a increasingly desperate situation for UNITA with #SouthAfrica withdrawal beginning, Jonas Savimbi speaks from Lusaka #Zambia #AngolanCivilWar https://youtu.be/MsSSrj0-_6c via @YouTube
#CentralAfricanRepublic President Faustin-Archange Touadera begins second term amid turmoil
https://www.africanews.com/2021/01/19/car-president-faustin-archange-touadera-begins-second-term-amid-turmoil/
Two UN peacekeepers killed when a @UN_CAR convoy was ambushed by members of UPC and anti-Balaka armed groups near Bangassou in Mbomou prefecture, southern #CentralAfricanRepublic
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/01/1082442
These sorts of multiple rocket launchers were also a large factor in the early going of the Kagera War, as Amin’s troops couldn’t match the Tanzanians’ firepower until Ghaddafi delivered several of the same weapon to the Ugandans. https://twitter.com/ModernConflict/status/1351634991680155648
‘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
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 Belgi