Great White Tribe

23 November 2018- Operation BARKHANE: French heliborne assault on Jihadist base near Niger river town of Mopti, 600 km east of Bamako #Mali

Nkunda's War: Congolese Army @FARDC_ soldiers march from Kabati about 10 km north of Goma on Lake Kivu in eastern #Congo on 7 November 2008 #CNDPRebellion

Nkunda's War: rebel soldiers of Laurent Nkunda's CNDP north of Goma #Congo in November 2008: The CNDP launched an offensive on 26 October that routed
@FARDC_ and displaced a quarter million people #CNDPRebellion

Operation DINGO: an unexploded anti-personnel alpha bomb at Chimoio; A Canberra would drop hundreds from 300 feet set to explode at 2-3 metres after bouncing off ground causing devastating losses to anyone nearby #RhodesianBushWar

23/24 November 1977- Operation DINGO Zulu 1: RLI/SAS air assault on ZANLA New Farm Chimoio base 70 km in #Mozambique #RhodesianBushWar #Rhodesia

Operation DINGO: corpses of dead ZANLA guerrillas at Chimoio base #Mozambique killed during the SAS/RLI aerial assault on 23 November 1977; at least 560 guerrillas were killed with higher estimates to two Rhodesian KIA and 12 wounded #RhodesianBushWar

23 November 1977- "Our own little Arnhem": Witness to Operation DINGO, SAS operator Peter McAleese and Fl Lt Mark Mclean #RhodesianBushWar #Rhodesia

22 November 1990: A bloody coup of Bantu Holomisa @BantuHolomisa in Umtata #Transkei failed, with coup leader Colonel Craig Duli and nine other putschists killed along with nine soldiers

Operation DINGO: 32 Alouettes to be used to attack New Farm gather at the HAA set up at Lake Alexander, 4 km from #Mozambique and 5,725 feet above sea level 23 November 1977 #Rhodesia #RhodesianBushWar

The Ommengang mercenary-led motorised column Left Lubutu on evening of 23 November 1964 for the night march on Stanleyville 240 km away: set to arrive simultaneously with the Dragon Rouge paradrop the next morning #SimbaRevolt #Congo

Operation DRAGON ROUGE: T-28 and B-26 fighter bombers being prepared at Kamina for air strikes to support the Belgian paratroop air assault on Stanleyville #Congo 23 November 1964 #SimbaRevolt

22 November 1990: A bloody coup of Bantu Holomisa in Umtata #Transkei failed, with coup leader Colonel Craig Duli and nine other putschists killed along with nine soldiers

Corpses of ten putschists killed along with captured weapons after failed coup led by Colonel Craig Duli displayed at the carpark at military base near Umtata #Transkei 22 November 1990

Simba Rebellion: #Congolese army bridging equipment being used for a pontoon to cross the Lubufu river on the Mercenary-led advance to Stanleyville #Congo from Kindu 22 November 1964 #Simbarevolt

Operation DRAGON ROUGE: Belgian paratroopers loading gear up a C-130 on Ascension Island for flight to Kamina airbase in southeast #Congo 22 November 1964 #SimbaRevolt

M23 rebellion: M23 rebels outside Sake as residents flees the town 27 km west of Goma on Lake Kivu #Congo; rebels briefly held the town before it was recaptured by @FARDC_ and Mai-Mai militia on 22 November 2012

21 November 2012- M23 Rebellion: From Kampala, the leaders of #Uganda, #Rwanda and #Congo issued a statement demanding M23 withdraw from Goma

21 November 2012- "President Kabila brought warplanes and big guns but he was unable to defeat us": M23 rebels, after capturing Goma, said they would march on Kinshasa #Congo

M23 Rebellion: M23 leader Sultani Makenga (LEFT) enters the city of Goma #Congo on 20 November 2012; the other M23 leader, Bosco "The Terminator" Ntaganda, was wanted on @IntlCrimCourt war crimes charges

20 November 2012- M23 rebellion: M23 rebels captured the city of Goma on Lake Kivu in northeastern #Congo

21 November 1979- "Don't worry about Mugabe. They always say some wild thing like that. They will accept a cease-fire": Muzorewa in Salisbury #Rhodesia on his return from Lancaster House Conference; Mugabe would agree to a cease-fire on 5 December https://youtu.be/FRJ58Jsf5Hc

Uganda Releases Opposition Leader After Clashes Kill at Least 28 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/world/africa/Uganda-Bobi-Wine-protests.html?smid=tw-share

20 November 1994: The Lusaka Peace Accord was signed by representatives of UNITA and #Angola government; Jonas Savimbi didn't show up and Eduardo dos Santos designated a deputy to sign #AngolanCivilWar

Winnie Mandela's bodyguard lies dead in the car they were traveling in at Johannesburg #SouthAfrica on 20 November 1993; He and a pedestrian were shot dead during a gun fight after a street altercation

20 November 1993: Thousands were killed in ethnic violence since the failed coup d'etat by Tutsi officers on 21 October 1993 who assassinated the Hutu President; Up to 300,000 would be killed in the #BurundiCivilWar before a transitional government took office in November 2001

Operation DICE: Uplift by a Cheetah of SAS operators from #Zambia after blowing one of the ten bridges 16-20 November 1979; DICE was the last external of the #RhodesianBushWar In exactly three weeks #Rhodesia would vote itself out of existence

Deadly Protests Erupt in Uganda After Arrest of 2 Opposition Figures https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/world/africa/uganda-bobi-wine-arrest.html?smid=tw-share

19 November 1968: Modibo Keita, #Mali President since independence in 1960, was overthrown by a military coup in Bamako led by Lt Moussa Traore

19 November 1964: 5 Mech Brigade and the Simba Rebellion #SimbaRevolt #Congo #CONGO60

19 November 1964- Simba Rebellion: The 5 commando mercenary-led motorised column Ommengang resumed the advance on Simba-held Stanleyville #Congo from Kindu, 600 km distant #SimbaRevolt

19 November 1976- Geneva Conference: from Salisbury #Rhodesia, Prime Minister Ian Smith denounced nationalist demands for majority rule within a year #RhodesianBushWar

Operation DICE: The Chongwe River bridge on main road east of Lusaka was blown by #Rhodesia SAS on 19 November 1979; 10 bridges were dropped in #Zambia in a five-day period #RhodesianBushWar

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 #SimbaRevolt

Simba Rebellion: American missionary Dr Paul Carlson, second from left, hears his death sentence for being an American 'spy' pronounced by APL Simba President Christophe Gbenye in a crowd of hostages in Stanleyville on 16 November 1964 #SimbaRevolt

16/18 November 1996- War of the Camps: After the huge Mugunga camp northwest of Goma was attacked by #Rwanda and its Congolese Tutsi allies, over a three-day period, 500,000 refugees fled and crossed the border at Gisenyi back into Rwanda #FirstCongoWar

15 November 1996-25 January 1997: The Third Army Mutiny in Bangui #CentralAfricanRepublic

Memorial service for the thirteen Italian airmen killed in Kindu by Congolese soldiers at Leopoldville's Church of Notre Dame du #Congo Cathedral on 18 November 1961; President Joseph Kasavubu third from left #CONGO60 their bodies were never recovered

Operation DICE: The Kaleya River bridge on road from Lusaka to Livingstone, destroyed by #Rhodesia SAS on 18 November 1979; one of 10 bridges brought down in #Zambia over a five-day period #RhodesianBushwar

17 November 1998: MLC rebels and UPDF #Uganda army regulars captured the #Congo river port town of Bumba, 280 km west of Kisangani #SecondCongoWar

7 November 1998- "When I get to Kinshasa they’ll have to queue to reach my office”: Jean-Pierre Bemba announced the formation of the MLC, the second major rebel group that fought in the #SecondCongoWar #Congo

Ethiopian troops 'liberate' key town in Tigray, claim officials https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/16/ethiopian-troops-liberate-key-town-in-tigray-claim-officials?CMP=share_btn_tw

17 November 1989: fingered by a former askari on death row in October and fleeing to Europe, former police commander Dirk Coetzee admitted in @VryeWeekblad to political killings and he led one of five "hit squads" run out of a police base at Vlakplaas near Pretoria #SouthAfrica

17 November 1993- "I hereby dissolve... everything": #Nigeria Interim President Ernest Shonekan is ousted by Defense Minister Sani Abacha; Shonekan was appointed in August after Ibrahim Babangida resigned when his annulment of June elections backfired https://youtu.be/qhG3OU8FZZk

Nkunda's War: CNDP leader Laurent Nkunda dances with @UN envoy Olusegun Obasanjo in Jomba northeast #Congo on 16 November 2008; #Rwanda was not amused, and would strike a deal with Kabila that would end Nkunda's rebel career in January 2009 #CNDPRebellion

17 November 2014: In Kalemie #Congo, ADF leader Jamil Mukulu was sentenced to death for the murder of @FARDC_ Colonel Mamadou Ndala; Mukulu was captured in 2015 in #Tanzania and is in #Uganda to face terrorism and murder charges. Thanks to @BeineByron for correct location

Top A.N.C. Official Charged With Corruption in South Africa https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/world/africa/anc-corruption-south-africa.html?smid=tw-share

Supporters of deposed Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba clash with opponents on streets of Leopoldville on 16 November 1960; Lumumba was detained at his residence under
@UN guard since being overthrown by Mobutu/Kasavubu in September #Congo #CONGO60

15/29 November 1968-Operation HIROSHIMA: #Biafra offensive to recapture Onitsha failed; Famous for photos of 4 commando Major Taffy Williams ordering Belgian mercenary Marc Goosens to attack federal positions during which he is killed shortly after #NigerianCivilWar

15 November 1967 Mercenary Rebellion: Jean Schramme and European Mercenaries, who had been besieged in Bukavu for two months and forced to cross into #Rwanda on 5 November, Asked by OAU to Sign A Declaration Never to Come Back To Africa #MercenaryRevolt https://youtu.be/OI07pwm_2wU

16 November 1987- Operation MODULAR: The escape of 21 Brigade and the armour battle on the Hube #Angola #SouthAfricanBorderWar