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15h

Belgium’s King Sends Letter of Regret Over Colonial Past in #Congo https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/world/europe/belgium-king-congo.html?smid=tw-share

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The Entebbe hijackers were seeking the release of 53 prisoners, including Baader-Meinhof gang leader Jan-Carl Raspe; Raspe committed suicide in jail along with Baader and Ensslin on 18 October 1977 after another hijacking, this time to #Somalia, failed to secure their release

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17h

1 July 1976: At Entebbe airport, The PFLP released 101 hostages, leaving 110 including 70 Israelis, from Pan Am Flight 139 which they hijacked over Greece and flew to #Uganda

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19h

ZIPRA cadre during bayonet-charge practice at Freedom Camp 15 km north of Lusaka #Zambia in 1977 #RhodesianBushWar

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1 July 1979: Operation CHICORY, the #Rhodesia SAS heliborne raid on the main ZIPRA arms dump south of Lusaka #Zambia #RhodesianBushwar

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21h

#Rhodesia soldiers examine some of the bodies of 14 black laborers and children shot and burned to death by ZANLA guerrillas when they attacked a white-owned farm near Mayo, 135 miles east of Salisbury on 1 July 1978 #RhodesianBushwar

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LewisMudgeLewis Mudge@LewisMudge·
22h

The sudden death of Pierre Nkurunziza creates an opportunity for #Burundi to break with its past. My interview with @BirgitMSchwarz for @hrw https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/01/interview-burundi-crossroads

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22h

1 July 1967: Interview with #Nigeria leader General Yakubu Gowon on the month-old #Biafra secession #NigerianCivilWar the day before the first offensive of war, Operation UNICORD https://youtu.be/OZMBvaFpLRo via @YouTube

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22h

The first crash of an RhAF Alouette occurred at New Sarum airbase Salisbury #Rhodesia on 1 July 1970, killing Flt Lt Mike Hill and Sqn Leader Gordon Nettleton

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1 Jul

1 July 1962: Belgium granted its territory of Ruanda-Urundi independence as the separate nations of #Rwanda and Kingdom of #Burundi

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1 Jul

Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd speaks at 50th anniversary of the National party on 1 July 1964; The party ruled #SouthAfrica from the 1948 election till 1994

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30 Jun

30 June 1964: ONUC commander #Nigeria General "Johnny Ironsides" Aguiyi-Ironsi is the last @UN soldier to leave #Congo, its four-year mission at an end; Ironsi would be assassinated in a coup in Nigeria in July 1966

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30 Jun

30 June 1990: After three days of rioting over doubling of maize meal prices in which 27 people were killed, a coup attempt against President Kenneth Kuanda of #Zambia failed

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30 Jun

30 June 1960: #Congo independence day ceremonies were marred by a militant speech by Premier Patrice Lumumba attacking colonialism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGdf7wX-E7g

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29 Jun

6,000 attended the Funeral service in Umtali #Rhodesia on 29 June 1978 for the 12 missionaries killed by ZANLA guerrillas at Vumba Elim @elimpentecostal mission #RhodesianBushWar

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29 Jun

King Baudouin of Belgium has his sword snatched away during a procession in streets of Leopoldville before 100,000 as the King arrived for #Congo independence day ceremonies on 29 June 1960; the man was knocked down and arrested

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29 Jun

"France did more culturally for their Africans, Belgium more economically, Britain politically, Portugal did very little and nobody did enough": Patrice Lumumba signs a #Congo-#Belgium friendship pact 29 June 1960

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29 Jun

President James Mancham and Prime Minister Albert Rene at a midnight flag-raising ceremony as #Seychelles islands gained independence on 29 June 1976; less than a year later, Rene would lead a coup to overthrow Mancham

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29 Jun

29 June 1976: 220 years after being 'annexed' by France, the #Seychelles Islands gained its independence from Britain

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28 Jun

28 June 1976- Mercenary Trial: Four mercenaries, three former British paratroopers and an American, were sentenced to death by firing squad and nine others to long prison terms in #Angola #AngolanCivilWar http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/28/newsid_2520000/2520575.stm

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28 Jun

28 June 1984: Jeanette and Katryn Schoon, family of ANC activist Marius Schoon, were blown up by a mail bomb sent by #SouthAfrica security police officer Craig Williamson in Lubango #Angola

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28 Jun

Opposition wins rerun of #Malawi's presidential election in historic first; the 2019 election results were annulled for the, among other reasons,"significant use of correction fluid" to alter results https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/27/opposition-wins-rerun-of-malawis-presidential-election-in-historic-first?CMP=share_btn_tw

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27 Jun

27 June 1988: The Battle of Techipa northwest of the Calueque Dam in southern #Angola, the last major clash of the #AngolanBorderwar

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27 Jun

A Cuban MIG-23 was shot down by a Ystervark 20 mm AA technical during the Cuban air attack on the Calueque dam complex in southern #Angola on 27 June 1988 #AngolanBorderWar

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27 Jun

The SADF Buffel destroyed by a Cuban MIG-23 air strike at Calueque Dam #Angola that killed 12 #SouthAfrica soldiers on 27 June 1988 #AngolanBorderWar

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27 Jun

27 June 1968: Public execution by firing squad of two #Nigeria army officers during #NigerianCivilWar #Biafra https://youtu.be/UUXozz8hocw via @YouTube

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27 Jun

26 June 1985- Operation ZERO-ZERO: Eight East Rand ANC activists were killed attacking the homes of policemen with hand grenades booby-trapped by Vlakplaas security police and SADF special forces #SouthAfrica

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27 Jun

26 June 1979: Two former dictators of #Ghana, Lt General Fred Akuffo and Lt General AA Afrifa, with four of their aides, @executedtoday by firing squad by coup leaders led by Fl Lt JJ Rawlings @officeofJJR http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/06/26/

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26 Jun

26 June 1964: With last @UN troops due to leave at end of June and facing two revolts, two former rebellion leaders, Moise Tshombe and Albert Kalonji, return from exile to Leopoldville #Congo #SimbaRevolt

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26 Jun

26 June 1979: The opening of the new Black-majority parliament in Salisbury #Rhodesia; Hunter jets that took part in Operation CARPET airstrikes in #Zambia hours before performed a ceremonial flyover #RhodesianBushWar https://youtu.be/Kj6WG5vk9lc

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26 Jun

26 June 1979- Operation CARPET: The #Rhodesia SAS heliborne raid on ZIPRA intelligence HQ in Lusaka #Zambia #RhodesianBushWar

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25 Jun

25 June 1993- "I'm afraid they have lost the cause today": The AWB et al far-right protest and storming of the World Trade Centre CODESA negotiations #SouthAfrica

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25 Jun

25 June 1975- A Luta Continua: After 470 years of colonial rule, #Mozambique gained its independence from Portugal

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25 Jun

25 June 1975-INDEPENDÊNCIA DE MOÇAMBIQUE: Midnight flag-raising ceremony as #Mozambique gained its independence from Portugal https://youtu.be/vYFB7lyVk2U via @YouTube

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25 Jun

Operation LONG JOHN: Selous Scout Lt Dale Collett, severely wounded during the Mapai raid, meeting with Prime Minister Ian Smith while rehabbing in Salisbury #Rhodesia #RhodesianBushWar

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25 Jun

25-26 June 1976: Operation LONG JOHN, First Selous Scout flying column raid on ZANLA base at Mapai #Mozambique #Rhodesia #RhodesianBushWar

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25 Jun

Uganda reopens border to thousands of people fleeing violence in DRC #Congo https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jun/24/uganda-reopens-border-to-thousands-of-people-fleeing-violence-in-drc?CMP=share_btn_tw

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25 Jun

25 June 1976: #SouthAfrica Prime Minister BJ John Vorster press conference in Bonn West Germany after two days of talks with Henry Kissinger https://youtu.be/f71E31f6Yoc via @YouTube

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24 Jun

24 June 2003- 4th Battle of Monrovia: LURD rebels renewed their assault on #Liberia's capital city, raising the curtain on the final act of the 14-year Liberian civil wars #SecondLiberianCivilWar

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24 Jun

When the Soldiers Meant to Protect You Instead Come to Kill #BurkinaFaso #UpperVolta https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/world/africa/burkina-faso-terrorism.html?smid=tw-share

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23 Jun

Portuguese residents gather at a welfare center in Luanda to register for transportation out of #Angola 23 June 1975 #AngolanCivilWar

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elimpentecostalELIM - 1 Movement, 1 Mission@elimpentecostal·
23 Jun 2018

Today we take time to remember 40 years since the Vumba Massacre, when #Elim missionaries who were serving in Rhodesia lost their lives. This short video shares what happened. https://vimeo.com/272524471

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23 Jun

23 June 1978- "There is no evidence of Humanity here": 12 white adults and children of the @elimpentecostal #Elim mission were killed and one mortally wounded by ZANLA guerrillas in Vumba #Rhodesia #RhodesianBushWar

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23 Jun

23 June 1994- Operation TURQUOISE: The first French marines and Foreign Legionnaires crossed from Bukavu, Zaire into #Rwanda and headed to Cyangugu where they discovered three mass graves #Kwibuka26

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23 Jun

23 June 1976: #SouthAfrica Prime Minister John Vorster met with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger for two days of talks in West Germany

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22 Jun

If you were curious how people would be able to obey orders and participate in the firing squads, massacres and sundry violent acts in my posts, I present the Milgram Experiment which proved how easily this was done. Literally shocking, excuse the pun https://youtu.be/yr5cjyokVUs

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22 Jun

22 June 1961: Moise Tshombe, leader of seccessionist Katanga province #Congo, was released from detention; he had been arrested at Coquilhatville Conference in April

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22 Jun

22 June 1979: New #Uganda President Godfrey Binaisa giving a press conference in Kampala https://youtu.be/rrshczArwbc via @YouTube

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