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10 Apr

10 April 1976: The OAU commission of Inquiry into the killing of #ZANUPF chair Herbert Chitepo determined ZANLA chief Josiah Tongogara was responsible; Chitepo actually was killed by #Rhodesia Intelligence operators

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10 Apr

9 April 1997: AFDL/#Rwanda forces captured Lubumbashi as #Angola intervened in the First #Congo war on the side of the rebels #FirstCongoWar

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10 Apr

Americans and Europeans arrive at #Burundi border town of Kanyaru fleeing the violence that engulfed #Rwanda capital of Kigali on 9 April 1994 #Kwibuka25

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10 Apr

RPF/RPA soldiers firing mortars at #Rwanda @RwandaGov troops near Byumba, north of Kigali on 9 April 1994 #Kwibuka25

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8 Apr

The Battle for #Zaire : Mobutu dismissed Etienne Tshisekedi as Prime Minister as his UDPS party supporters clashed with the Army in the third day of street protests 7-9 April 1997 #FirstCongoWar #Congo

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7 Apr

#Uganda civilians cheering a #Tanzania Type-59 tank rolling though the suburbs of Kampala on 7 April 1979; the city would be captured four days later #UgandaTanzaniaWar

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6 Apr

25 Years Later, #Rwanda Grapples With Legacy of Genocide and Questions of Blame #Kwibuka25 https://t.co/FcZYqhFlZK

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6 Apr

6 April 1994: Presidents Juvénal Habyarimana of #Rwanda and Cyprien Ntaryamira of #Burundi were killed when their plane was shot down just before landing in Kigali airport #Kwibuka25

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6 Apr

"My blood will nourish the tree that bears the fruits of freedom": Black nationalist @MYANC guerrilla Solomon Mahlangu was @executedtoday by hanging in #SouthAfrica 6 April 1979

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5 Apr

In #Libya, Khalifa Haftar's Militia Advances on Capital, Raising Prospect of Renewed Civil War; Haftar was captured by #Chad in 1987 #ToyotaWar and the former CIA client led a failed uprising against Qadddafi in 1996 https://t.co/IaY6RUW5AU

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5 Apr

The 11 man military committee that ruled the #Congo Republic after the assassination of Marien Ngouabi on 18 March; Yhombi-Opango, middle front row, was appointed President on 4 April 1977

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4 Apr

#NineDayWar: The body of Cpl H Carstens of 1 Recon Regiment SADF is carried to a plane at Oshakati base in #Namibia; He was killed in fighting with #SWAPO guerrillas on 4 April 1989 #SouthAfrica

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4 Apr

#NineDayWar: Soldiers of the SWA Territorial Forces (SWATF) surround a church in Onandjokwe #Namibia in search of some of the 1,500 #SWAPO guerrillas who had infiltrated since the @UN cease-fire; 4 April 1989

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3 Apr

3 April 1997 "I will see my brother Kabila": In an attempt to halt the rebellion in the east, Mobutu appointed long time opposition leader Etienne Tshisekidi as the new Prime Minister of Zaire #Congo #FirstCongoWar

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3 Apr

Operation Merlyn, the #NineDayWar: #SouthAfrica Buffels called out after #SWAPO/ PLAN incursion into #Namibia on 1 April after @UN cease-fire, stand by outside Ondangwa Air Base; 1-9 April 1989 #Angola

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2 Apr

2 April 1977 Shaba I #Zaire Chief of Staff Bumba Maoso: "I confirm my soldiers have seen Russian, Cubans and Portuguese" #Congo

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2 Apr

2 April 1994 "I want to say to you that the revolution is at hand. Let us begin it”: Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) meeting in Ventersdorp #SouthAfrica and a call to arms

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2 Apr

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, on a state trip to #SouthAfrica , flew to Windhoek #Namibia to visit British troops in @UN UNTAG force; she would not countenance release of troops to combat SWAPO infiltration 1 April 1989

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2 Apr

#NineDayWar: SWATF and police dig mass grave for 41 SWAPO/PLAN guerrillas who were killed after infiltrating into #Namibia in violation of @UN cease-fire; 1-9 April 1989

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2 Apr

Refugees fleeing #Uganda cross into #Kenya as #Tanzania troops and UNLA rebels advance on Kampala on 1 April 1979 #UgandaTanzaniaWar

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31 Mar

#Rhodesia spy Afonso Joao Cotoi, @executedtoday by firing squad, with immediate effect, by the The Tribunal Militar Revolucionário (TMR) in #Mozambique on 31 March 1979

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30 Mar

30 March 1976: @amnesty released a pamphlet entitled "Briefing #Rhodesia/ #Zimbabwe " which claimed 60 persons had been hanged since UDI, 700 were detained, some for over 10 years, and torture was routine

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30 Mar

29 March 1988: The Paris representative of @myanc, Dulcie September, was assassinated outside the ANC office in Paris #France #SouthAfrica

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30 Mar

28 March 1988: A #SouthAfrica Special Forces raid on a ANC house in Gaborone killed the @MYANC /MK commander in #Botswana and three civilians

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29 Mar

Operation SAVANNAH: The last #SouthAfrica SADF units in #Angola cross the Cunene River at Ruacana into SW Africa 27 March 1976

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26 Mar

25-29 March 1965 Operation White Giant: #Rhodesia South African mercenaries and Katangan gendarmes of 5 Commando capture Aru, Aba, Faradji and Watsa from Simbas; 32 years later, Tavernier would lead Mobutu mercenaries again in 1997 #Congo

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25 Mar

25 March 2013: Seleka guerrillas toppled the #CentralAfricanRepublic government of President Francoise Bozize, who fled to #Cameroon ; Michel Djotida became the new leader

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25 Mar

SHABA I: Zaire government troops arriving at Kolwezi airfield to combat the two week old FNLC guerrilla invasion from #Angola 25 March 1977 #Congo

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25 Mar

25 March 1978: The leaders of the front-line states of #Zambia, #Botswana, #Mozambique and #Tanzania met in Dar es Salaam with Patriotic Front to discuss the Salisbury Agreement reached by Ian Smith #Rhodesia and moderate black leaders

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25 Mar

25 March 1977 "The only way to deal with counter revolutionaries is to cut off their heads": Alphonse Massamba-Debat was @executedtoday by firing squad a week after the assassination of #Congo Brazzaville President Marien Ngouabi https://t.co/rc5FHpvEfj

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25 Mar

24 March 1977: Combined Operations HQ, Com-Ops ,was formed to direct the #Rhodesia war effort under unified command with Army commander Peter Walls as Supremo and Air Marshall Mick McLaren his deputy

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25 Mar

24 March 1979- Conjuring a revolution : The Moshi Unity Conference convened in Moshi #Tanzania #UgandaTanzaniaWar to unite anti-Amin #Uganda opposition

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23 Mar

23 March 1988 Operation PACKER- Witness to Tumpo 3: Commandant Gerhard Louw, commander of the Olifants of Regiment President Steyn, who won the Honoris Crux #Angola #SouthAfrica; third failed attack at Cuito Cuanavale

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23 Mar

23 March 1979 Operation Dairy: #SouthAfrica/#Rhodesia SAS amphibious raid on Muhata Fuel Depot outside Beira #Mozambique

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22 Mar

18 March 1992: In the last all-white vote in #SouthAfrica, whites voted in a referendum to continue politcal reforms to end apartheid with 69% approving https://t.co/jTXwmCp9z6

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22 Mar

22 March 1987- Toyota War: #Chad forces captured the #Libya military base at Wadi Doum in northern #Tchad #ToyotaWar; the base and military equipment value estimated at near $1 billion

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22 Mar

22 March 1979- Operation Petal: Selous Scout ambush in #Botswana to capture #ZIPRA Intelligence chief Dumiso Dabengwa @DrVChimhutu #Zambia #Rhodesia

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21 Mar

21 March 1977 Shaba I : #Cuba President Fidel Castro said "not a single Cuban" soldier was involved in the invasion of Shaba province in Zaire #Congo by Katangan rebels

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21 Mar

18 March 1977- "He died fighting, his weapon in his hand ": President Marien Ngouabi of #Congo Republic was assassinated in Brazzaville

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20 Mar

March 19/20 1987- Toyota War: At Bir Kora in northern #Tchad, #Chad mobile forces ambushed and destroyed two advancing #Libya mechanized columns

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20 Mar

19 March 1997: With the fall of #Kisangani to AFDL/#Rwanda forces and panic setting in Kinshasa, Army Chief of Staff Mahele Lieko implored his soldiers "Do not extort money. Do not pillage" #Congo #FirstCongoWar

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19 Mar

UPA Uprising; Portuguese troops arrive in Luanda; after the March massacres, #Portugal responded by increasing its troop strength in #Angola from 6,500 to over 33,000 by the end of 1961

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19 Mar

15-18 March 1961- UPA Uprising: Thousands of nationalist guerrillas swept across northern #Angola from #Congo, attacking outposts and towns and killing hundreds of Europeans and Africans

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18 Mar

18 March 1975: #ZANU Chairman Herbert Chitepo was blown up by a booby trap car bomb set by #Rhodesia CIO operators in Lusaka #Zambia

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