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April 15, 2021

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14 April 1997: AFDL rebel leader Laurent Kabila speaks at a rally at football ground in Lubumbashi, captured five days before from government forces #FirstCongoWar https://youtu.be/IKs-uA0UWBA via @YouTube

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Captured Libyan soldiers outside Tanzanian command post at Entebbe Airport southwest of Kampala #Uganda on 14 April 1979 #UgandaTanzaniaWar

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13 April 1979: three days after the fall of Kampala, new President of #Uganda Yusufu Lule was sworn in #UgandaTanzaniaWar https://youtu.be/eP0PoCp7Mhc via @YouTube

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14 April 1980- UNITA and SADF strike back: offensive to clear southeast #Angola began with recapture of border town of Cuangar 150 km west of Rundu from FAPLA #AngolanCivilWar #SouthAfricanBorderWar

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14 April 1977- SHABA I: #Morocco troops arrive by C-130 at Kolwezi airfield to join fight against Katangese FNLC insurgents #Zaire #Congo https://youtu.be/FvrNtWwIwN8 via @YouTube

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Operation BASTILLE: The Kafue River Bridge was a major obstacle because of #Zambia forces there; but the guard waved the SAS column through and they sped on to Lusaka 60 km distant on 13 April 1979 #RhodesianBushWar

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Operation BASTILLE: #Rhodesia SAS land-rover in mottled Zambian army camo on overland trek before reaching the main road to Lusaka on 13 April 1979 #RhodesianBushWar

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Operation BASTILLE: SAS operators and land-rovers on ferry Sea Lion crossing Lake Kariba to #Zambia on first leg of 200 km journey to Lusaka #Zambia on 13 April 1979 #RhodesianBushWar

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13 April 1979- Operation BASTILLE: #Rhodesia SAS overland raid to kill NKOMO destroyed his residence in Lusaka #Zambia, but he was not there #RhodesianBushWar

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6/18 Aprl 1981- Operation CARROT: 61 Mech and Koevoet battle a SWAPO incursion in white farming areas near Tsumeb 80 km inside SW Africa #SouthAfricanBorderWar

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13 Apr

Edmond Jouhaud, former French general and OAS 2IC, arrives at Paris court for his trial on 13 April 1962; he was sentenced to death for "insurrectional activities" by a military tribunal #AlgerianWar as an officer he could face the guillotine but more likely a firing squad

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13 Apr

13 April 1964- We're going to keep this country in the hands of civilized people": interview with new #Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Smith https://youtu.be/d4nf7fAaxEI via @YouTube

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13 Apr

13 April 1964- The Latest White Rider: Winston Field resigned, and Ian Smith was chosen as Prime Minister of #Rhodesia

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13 Apr

13 April 1978: The first 119 of 461 political prisoners were released from Wha Wha prison 200 km from Salisbury by the interim #Rhodesia government set up by internal settlement #RhodesianBushWar https://youtu.be/KLRiSVp8js0 via @YouTube

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13 Apr

13 April 1979- Operation PETAL II: a Selous Scout column disguised as #Botswana defence forces captured the ZIPRA southern front HQ staff at Francistown #RhodesianBushWar #Rhodesia

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13 Apr

13 April 1975: President Ngarta Tombalbaye of #Chad was assassinated during a military coup led by Felix Malloum #Tchad

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13 Apr

13 April 1979: #SouthAfrica Prime Minister PW Botha accuses US of spying using ambassadors plane and 'expels' it https://youtu.be/ZzsJp5AE0Rg via @YouTube

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13 Apr

13 April 1964- 'Boka Affair": Felix Houphouet-Boigny, President of the Ivory Coast, informing a special meeting of the National Assembly of an alleged plot against his life involving the use of witchcraft #IvoryCoast https://youtu.be/RcwhJf6cLVI via @YouTube

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13 Apr

13 April 1979- Operation DINKY: #Rhodesia SAS blows up the Kazungula ferry, a ZIPRA infiltration route, at four corners border point at Zambezi river between #Zambia and #Botswana #RhodesianBushWar

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12 Apr

12 April 1980: In Monrovia #Liberia, President William Tolbert was killed during an army coup led by Sergeant Samuel K Doe

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12 Apr

10/14 April 1979- Operation LIQUID/RACKET: #Rhodesia air raids on Mulungushi camp 100 km northwest of Lusaka #Zambia #RhodesianBushWar

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12 Apr

President Mobutu Sese Seko with new Prime Minister General Likulia Bolongo in Kinshasa on 12 April 1997; Mobutu had replaced Etienne Tshisekedi after a week and declared a State of Emergency #FirstCongoWar

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12 Apr

12 April 1960: In aftermath of the January 'Barricades' insurrection, a major shake up of command in #Algeria was announced, with overall commander Maurice Challe and Chief of Paratroops Jean Gilles sent home #AlgerianWar

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12 Apr

12 April 2012: In #Guinea-Bissau, the military took over in a coup d'etat, arresting the Prime Minister and interim President, sending them to exile in Cote d'Ivoire https://youtu.be/zJu6VQHH714 via @YouTube

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10 Apr

#Beni, 9 avril 2021 |

Les casques bleus de la #MONUSCO ont déjoué une attaque des #ADF à Kilya (#Ruwenzori) :

👉Un rebelle ADF a été tué et un autre capturé.

👉Un civil blessé a été pris en charge à la base de la Brigade d’intervention de la Force (#FIB) à Kilya.

#A4P

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11 Apr

11 April 1978: President of #Transkei Kaiser Matanzima on breaking off relations with #SouthAfrica; the Bantu became 'independent' in October 1976 https://youtu.be/D80IfCNOV3w via @YouTube

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11 Apr

SADF Ratels moving into Natal region on 10 April 1994 to suppress violence and protect vote; A State of Emergency had been declared in Zulu areas #SouthAfrica

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11 Apr

11 April 2011: Former President Laurent Gbagbo was captured from a bunker at his compound in Abidjan #IvoryCoast by forces loyal to President-elect Alassane Quattara Cote d'Ivoire

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11 Apr

"We screwed you, you're dead": Quattara forces rushed the former Presidents compound in Abidjan #IvoryCoast, killed several loyalists and arrested Laurent Gbagbo on 11 April 2011 Cote d'Ivoire

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11 Apr

NINE DAYS WAR: @UN UNTAG and #SouthAfrican security forces man on of the nine assembly points where SWAPO guerrillas were to report; by end of 11 April 1989, no fighters had presented themselves #SouthAfricanBorderWar

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11 Apr

10 April 1993: Chris Hani, Chief of Staff of MK and leader of #SouthAfrica Communist party, was gunned down outside his home by right-wing radicals

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10 Apr

Nigeria Is Haunted by Its Civil War from a half century ago #Biafra https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/opinion/nigeria-civil-war-anniversary.html?smid=tw-share

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10 Apr

More Than 1,800 Prisoners Are Broken Out of Jail in Owerri, the former #Biafra capital, southeast #Nigeria https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/world/africa/nigeria-jail-break-biafra.html?smid=tw-share

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10 Apr

9 April 1960: #SouthAfrica Premier Hendrik Verwoerd shot twice and wounded while making a speech in Johannesburg in an assassination attempt https://youtu.be/yrJP_EZVSWE via @YouTube

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10 Apr

Americans and Europeans wait in line in #Burundi border with #Rwanda on 9 April 1994; they had arrived in a evacuation convoy to flee the advancing RPA rebels and Hutu slaughter #Kwibuka27

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10 Apr

10 April 1987: In the aftermath of botched Operation DUKER, #Ciskei and #Transkei signed a non-aggression pact in Cape Town #SouthAfrica

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10 Apr

Operation VERVERINE: The first contingent of #Morocco troops began arriving in Kinshasa #Zaire on 9 April 1977; up to 1,500 would aid in the fight against the Katangese FNLC invasion in SHABA I

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10 Apr

9/10 April 1994- Operation AMARYLLIS: 500 French paratroopers of RPIMa arrived on C-160 Transall transports at Kigali IAP to evacuate 3,000 foreign nationals from #Rwanda #Kwibuka27

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9 Apr

9-14 April 1997- "We don't want any trouble-we like peace": Lubumbashi, Zaire's second largest city, fell to AFDL rebels and #Rwanda RPA #FirstCongoWar

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9 Apr

A French armor crew in Algiers #Algeria as army intensifed its offensive against OAS on 8 April 1962: The OAS second-in-command and leader of Delta commandos had been captured in past week #AlgerianWar

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9 Apr

9 April 1997: Felix Tshisekedi was ousted as Prime Minister and a State of Emergency and military rule was imposed by Mobutu in Zaire #FirstCongoWar

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9 Apr

9 April 1989-NINE DAYS WAR: The Mount Etjo Declaration was signed by #SouthAfrica, #Cuba and #Angola ending the SWAPO incursion; 282 guerrillas and 27 police constables and soldiers were killed #SouthAfricanBorderWar

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