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RSS FeedBattle for Abidjan: A column of heavily armed pick-ups of the forces loyal to President-elect Alassane Ouattara approach the city of Abidjan #IvoryCoast as @UN helicopter gunships attacked positions of Gbagbo forces in the city on 4 April 2011
2NINE DAYS WAR: The body of Cpl H Carstens of SADF 1 recon regiment is carried to a plane at Oshakati base in #Namibia; he was killed in fighting near Eenhana where PLAN guerrillas and SWAPOL COIN (Koevoet) units were engaged on 4 April 1989 #NineDaysWar #BorderWar
22 April 2013- Operation SERVAL: French armoured reconnaissance mission to village of Araouane #Mali 250 km northeast of Timbuktu
4NINE DAYS WAR: SWA police COIN with some of the 33 PLAN fighters killed in a ambush on afternoon of 1 April 1989 west of Oshikango; the police lost three constables killed, six vehicles in the contact #NineDaysWar #Angola #Namibia #borderwar
2You can tell a leader's character in time of crisis. Some have responded to the coronavirus by trying to protect their people. But autocrats see it as an opportunity to silence critics and consolidate power. Our health suffers. I explain in @NYBooks: https://trib.al/RWHpcmx
1 April 1989: SWAPO held a rally and attempted a march of its supporters from the black township of Katutura to Windhoek, but was turned back by SWA police #Namibia #Angola
4Barthelemy Boganda was the leader of the #CentralAfricanRepublic independence movement who died in a plane crash on 29 March 1959; Unfortunately, his death would lead to David Dacko, 'Emperor' Jean-Bedel Bokassa, Dacko reprise, Andre Kolingba, Ange-Felix Patasse, Francoise Bozize
27 March 1979: Yusuf Lule, President of the newly created UNLF in Moshi #Tanazania at the conclusion of the Moshi Unity Conference held to unite #Uganda resistance groups #UgandaTanzaniaWar https://youtu.be/VE1-JAnfdI0 via @YouTube
Peace in our Time #Angola March 1996 #AngolanCivilWar https://youtu.be/quHaoDrKYRQ via @YouTube
Crisis in the Sahel Becoming France’s Forever War #Mali #BurkinaFaso #Niger Operation SERVAL BARKHANE @brkinibeachriot https://nyti.ms/39vjhkt
27 March 2002: Ian Smith asserts he has lost his #Zimbabwe citizennship; He had not renounced his British citizenship as required by a new law and his passport renewal was refused https://youtu.be/N5bjAqHy8r0 via @YouTube
28 March 1994: An @IFPinParliament march of 20,000 including armed Impis in Johannesburg #SouthAfrica in support of Zulu Sovereignty saw 55 killed in related violence, including nine shot dead by ANC guards at Shell House HQ
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by Alf Hutchison So many people are displaced in our world today. Reasons vary, but the resulting hurt is universal. My Doctor he once told me, “Alf you have rare blood;”Traces of Kariba blue, and a touch of Gokwe mud.There are traces of the Valley and it’s Tsetse Fly,Malaria bugs swim freely , I cannot
RHODESIAN THANKSGIVING REMEMBRANCE DAY 11th November Flame lilies grow in the ‘Hondo’ valley, where brave soldiers fought and fell, They witnessed courageous young men fight to the very gates of Hell. Like the crimson poppies of Flanders field, let Rhodesians always recall, We too have a flower of great beauty that witnessed brave Rhodesians fall.
