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December 11, 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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10 December 1948 #HumanRightsDay : The @UN General Assembly adopted the 31 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights @UNHumanRights @hrw

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UNIMOG truck mounting a captured 12.7 mm DShK heavy machine gun, what would be called a technical today, used by security forces in SW Africa #SouthAfrica #Angola

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Operation UNOCAT: Katanagese gendarmes during a mortar attack by @UN troops in Elisabethville #Congo on 9 December 1961

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9 Dec

9 December 1999 Operation MOUNTAIN SWEEP: 200 ADF guerrillas attacked the Katojo prison near Fort Portal in western #Uganda, freeing 350 prisoners #SecondCongoWar #Congo

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9 Dec

Operation Savannah: Armour corp troops of Batle Group X-Ray with their Eland-90 at a halt during the advance on Luso #Angola 9-11 December 1975 #SouthAfrica

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9 Dec

8 December 2017: ADF guerrillas attacked a @UN base northeast of Beni #Congo near Uganda border, killing 15 peacekeepers and five @FARDC_ soldiers in the deadliest attack on UN since Somalia in 1993

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9 Dec

9 December 1982- Operation Lebanta: #SouthAfrica Reecce attack on @MYANC facilities in Maseru #Lesotho killed 42, including 30 ANC guerrillas

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9 Dec

In Enterprise #Zimbabwe #Rhodesia, a blindfolded ZANLA guerrilla is taken off a helicopter in which he was transported from a northeastern tribal trust land where he was captured 9 December 1979

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8 Dec

8 December 1980: Edgar Tekere, #Zimbabwe minister and Secretary-General of @ZANUPF_Official, was found guilty of murder of a white farmer in August, but freed under a #Rhodesia anti-terrorism law the shields Ministers from criminal charges

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8 Dec

8 December 1974: In Lusaka #Zambia, Joshua Nkomo and Ndabaningi Sithole, released in November by Ian Smith after 11 years of detention, agreed to join Bishop Muzorewa in a united ANC #Rhodesia

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8 Dec

8 December 1999: ##Uganda and #Sudan signed a pact to restore relations and end support for rebel groups ADF, LRA and PLA which had killed thousands along the border

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8 Dec

Operation UNOCAT: Doctors and nurses survey damage to Prince Leopold Hospital in Elisabethville, shelled by @UN
mortars on 8 December 1961 #Congo

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8 Dec

Operation UNOKAT: #Katanga President Moise Tshombe and his military commander "Lt Gen" Norbert Muku(to his left); Tshombe arrived back in embattled Elisabethville from a trip Paris on 8 December 1961 #Congo

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8 Dec

Operation UNOKAT: 7th Day Adventist Mission in Elisabethville destroyed by UN mortar fire; the @UN claimed Katanganese were using the Mission to shell its HQ on 7 December 1961 #Congo

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8 Dec

Operation UNOCAT: Swedish @UN Scania Vabis armoured cars at the airport in Elisabethville; UNOC was finally able to secure the airport road to its HQ in Elisabethville, now Lubumbashi, proper on 8 December 1961 #Congo

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8 Dec

8 December 1961- Operation UNOKAT: U Thant, Secretary-General of @UN, accused the Belgium-controlled mining company Union Miniere UMHK of building bombs and armoured vehicles for Katanganese rebels #Congo

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8 Dec

8/9 December 1983: Operation Askari began as Task Force X-Ray/ 61 Mech Bn crossed the cut line into #Angola and headed for occupied Xangongo #SouthAfrica

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8 Dec

Operation Askari: 61 Mech Battalion left Omuthiya base in #Namibia and crossed the #Angola frontier and drove for Xangongo on 8 December 1983

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7 Dec

6 December 1999: In Arusha #Tanzania, Interahamwe militia Leader Georges Rutaganda was sentenced to life imprisonment by the ICCRwanda for genocide and crimes against humanity perpetrated during the 1994 #Rwanda Genocide

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7 Dec

7 December 1978: The US Government fined @united for training crews to fly DC-8 aircraft for Affretair, a cargo airline registered in #Gabon which was used for sanction-busting by #Rhodesia

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7 Dec

7 December 1979: Lord Soames was named as transitional governor of #Zimbabwe #Rhodesia until elections and independence http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/7/newsid_2535000/2535763.stm

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7 Dec

Katanganese and Belgian civilians run for cover as the bullets fly during fighting between @UN troops and Katanga gendarmes and mercenaries in Elisabethville #Congo on 7 December 1961

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7 Dec

7 December 1978: The Report of the Erasmus Commission was released implicating State President John Vorster, former Ministers Connie Mulder and Eschel Rhoodie in the Information Scandal #SouthAfrica

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6 Dec

Nairobi’s #Kenya Gold-Loving Governor Is Arrested on Corruption Charges accused of “deploying intimidation tactics in addition to using goons to threaten law enforcement officials carrying out constitutional mandates” https://nyti.ms/33UaeqJ

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6 Dec

Operation UNOKAT: Swedish Saab jets and Indian Canberras of the @UN strafed and bombed the Kolwezi airfield destroying this Harvard T-6 and most of the Katanganese 'air force' on the ground on 6 December 1961 #Cong

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6 Dec

Operation UNOKAT: Katanganese armoured car, a modified M-8 Greyhound, at roadblock in Elisabethville #Congo during the fighting between @UN, mercenaries and gendarmes 6 December 1961

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6 Dec

6 December 1979: At Lancaster Conference, A cease-fire agreement was reached as Patriotic Front leaders accepted British proposals; The US agreed to airlift a British military contingent to monitor it and Senate voted to lift sanctions #Rhodesia #Zimbabwe

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5 Dec

4 December 1981: The #SouthAfrica tribal homeland of #Ciskei was declared an independent nation- the OAU declared it "bogus"

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5 Dec

5 December 1970 Operation Green Sea: A @UN mission to #Guinea concluded the west African nation was invaded in November by several hundred Portuguese troops under the command of white officers in 'blackface' #Portugal

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5 Dec

5 December 1961- "Take any further military action necessary": Operation UNOKAT, the two week war between the @UN UNOC and #Katanga gendarmes and mercenaries in Elisabethville present-day Lubumbashi #Congo began

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5 Dec

Operation UNOKAT: dead and injured Africans around a lorry which was hit by indiscriminate @UN mortar fire in Elisabethville #Congo on 5 December 1961

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5 Dec

A 140 mm G-2 gun being towed by an Magirus Duetz artillery tractor. The WWII era G-2 was replaced by the G-5 during the bush war in #Angola

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5 Dec

"We are savages, we are Negroes so be it. We will fight like savages. No more negotiations or cease-fires" raged #Katanga Minister Godefroid Munongo as
@UN Operation UNOKAT began on the morning of 5 December 1961 #Congo

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4 Dec

At 10:43 am On 4 December 1977, the 20th century saw a new Emperor: Bokassa I of the re-branded #CentralAfricanEmpire #CentralAfricanRepublic; the 20 million extravaganza was largely paid by #France; video of coronation. https://youtu.be/SmhbrXLLoRM

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4 Dec

In Bangui, His Majesty Jean-Bedel Bokassa places the crown upon his head on 4 December 1977, crowning himself emperor just as Napoleon had on this date 173 years before #CentralAfricanRepublic

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4 Dec

4 December 1976: President Jean-Bedel Bokassa announced that henceforth the #CentralAfricanRepublic would be known as the Central African Empire and his 'coronation' as emperor would take place in a year

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4 Dec

4 December 1960-"We are seceding from the Leopoldville regime": A group in Stanleyville announced its Independence, becoming third province to break with #Congo central government

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4 Dec

15 Oct-3 Dec 2000- "They have attacked us, its a real war": The final offensive of the #SecondCongoWar ended with the capture of Pweto by #Rwanda RPA/RCD and routed #Zimbabwe/ FAC allied troops fleeing into #Zambia

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3 Dec

A #Zimbabwe Cascavel APC abandoned by fleeing ZDF forces during the two days of fighting for the town of Pweto #Congo on the #Zambia border which was captured by #Rwanda RPA/RCD on 3 December 2000 #SecondCongoWar

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3 Dec

Over 160 Nations Agree to Speed Landmine Clearing https://www.voanews.com/europe/over-160-nations-agree-speed-landmine-clearing

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3 Dec

Gunmen massacre 14 Christians during Protestant service in Burkina Faso https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/gunmen-massacre-14-christians-during-protestant-service-in-burkina-faso/2019/12/02/f07d218e-14e1-11ea-80d6-d0ca7007273f_story.html

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3 Dec

3 December 1999- Siege of Ikela: A #Zimbabwe air assault recaptured the important river port of Bokungu in central #Congo from RCD rebels #SecondCongoWar

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