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8 Jul

8 July 1960-End of Force Publique Mutiny: Premier Lumumba dismissed all Belgian officers and re-branded the army as the ANC: Kasavubu named commander in chief and Sergeants Joseph Mobutu and Victor Lundula rise to command #Congo army #congo60

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8 Jul

Force Publique Mutiny: Europeans being turned back from the ferry in Leopoldville on 8 July 1960; mutinous soldiers had seized the crossing to Brazzaville on two-mile wide Congo River after 1,300 managed to cross to escape the violence in the capital #Congo #CONGO60

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8 Jul

SWATF soldiers at the scene of the bomb blast in Windhoek SW Africa which killed one person on 6 July 1988 #AngolanBorderWar

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8 Jul

6 July 1988: A bomb blast wrecked the Klein Windhoek butchery in a suburb of SW Africa capital, killing one person and injuring 18 others #Namibia #AngolanBorderWar

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7 Jul

Police confront demonstrators in Leopoldville #Congo on 7 July 1960; Europeans began fleeing the capital by ferry to Brazzaville after mutinous soldiers rioted in the capital and seized N'Djili airport #CONGO60

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7 Jul

7 July 1999: In Lome #Togo, #SierraLeone President Ahmad Kabbah and RUF leader Foday Sankoh signed a peace accord during the #SierraLeoneCivilWar

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7 Jul

7 July 1969: Sir Humphrey Gibbs, the colonial Governor of Southern #Rhodesia, leaves Government House in Salisbury; he had remained there since UDI was declared in 1965 https://youtu.be/izQW2qhOLo0 via @YouTube

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7 Jul

Zimbabwe spends millions on officials' luxury cars as country goes hungry https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/07/zimbabwe-spends-millions-on-officials-luxury-cars-as-country-goes-hungry?CMP=share_btn_tw

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7 Jul

DR #Congo sends ex-warlords to try resolve conflict in Ituri; FNI commander Mathieu Ngudjolo was acquitted by @IntlCrimCourt and FRPI commander Germain Katanga was convicted of 2003 Bogoro Massacre http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-47639452?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5f03f8671fc5ad0653b5cb30%26DR%20Congo%20sends%20ex-warlords%20to%20try%20resolve%20conflict%262020-07-07T05%3A08%3A31.697Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:c77de52d-6ea4-4202-bcd9-c6df8eb72c7a&pinned_post_asset_id=5f03f8671fc5ad0653b5cb30&pinned_post_type=share via @BBCNews

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6 Jul

6 July 1964- "Kamuzu, Kamuzu, Kamazu!": After 73 years as a British protectorate, #Malawi became an independent nation

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6 Jul

Dr Hastings Banda, who would rule #Malawi for 29 years, arrives back in the then Nyasaland of Central African Federation on 6 July 1958 from a 30-year self-imposed exile

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6 Jul

5 July 1978: In Accra #Ghana, Head of State Lt Colonel Ignatius Acheampong was deposed by a coup led by General Fred Akuffo

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6 Jul

6 July 1964: Returning from over a years' exile in Spain, Moise Tshombe was named Premier of #Congo #SimbaRevolt #CONGO60

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6 Jul

SW Africa police Wolf at NANSO congress rally in Katutura township outside Windhoek on 5 July 1986 #Nambia #AngolanBushWar thanks to @iamakwenye for ID of a Wolf, not a casspir

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5 Jul

5 July 1973- " I know that some of you are plotting a coup d'etat. Well, here I am if you want to do it": President Gregoire Kayibanda was overthrown by a military coup in #Rwanda

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5 Jul

Belgium mulls charges over 1961 killing of #Congo's first elected leader Patrice Lumumba https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/jul/01/belgium-mulls-charges-over-1961-assassination-of-congos-first-elected-leader?CMP=share_btn_tw

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5 Jul

George Floyd’s Killing Prompts Africans to Call for Police Reform at Home https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/world/africa/george-floyd-protests-police-africa.html?smid=tw-share

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5 Jul

5 July 1978- Operation TACAUD: #Chad government soldiers of Felix Malloum at Ati in eastern #Tchad; the FROLINAT forces of Goukouni Oueddei were defeated by the French at Ati in May https://youtu.be/fo4vXiDDrxA via @YouTube

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5 Jul

5 July 1977: 12 members expelled from the ruling Rhodesian Front formed the new right-wing Rhodesian Action Party; in the snap 31 August election they wouldn't win one seat in parliament and only 9% of vote as Smith received a mandate https://youtu.be/ohEQhAQD_d8 via @YouTube

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4 Jul

The funeral of hostage Dora Bloch in Israel in 1979; she was @executedtoday 4 July 1976 by Idi Amin in retaliation for the #Israel commando raid; her remains were recovered near Kampala in 1979 after fall of Idi Amin

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4 Jul

Operation THUNDERBOLT-The Entebbe Raid: #Israel Foreign Minister Yigal Allon greets the 103 hostages rescued in the commando raid on Entebbe Airport on 4 July 1976; three hostages were killed, one @IDF soldier, seven hijackers and estimated 20 #Uganda soldiers

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4 Jul

4 July 1994: After a three-month battle, RPF/RPA rebels seized the #Rwanda capital of Kigali #kwibuka26 https://youtu.be/6r9HtEVVpM0 via @YouTube

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3 Jul

2 July 2013: Former #Chad ruler Hissen Habre was arrested in Dakar #Senegal for war crimes and crimes against humanity #Tchad

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2 Jul

2 July 1990- "The (first)Battle of Monrovia has begun": INPFL and NPFL rebel forces surrounding the #Liberia capital began their assault on the city #FirstLiberianCivilwar

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2 Jul

2-14 July 1967: Operation UNICORD, the first #Nigeria offensive of the #NigerianCivilWar captured Nsukka north of #Biafra capital

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2 Jul

Fighting and brawling between rival Bakongo and Bayaka tribesmen saw 100 people arrested in Leopoldville, now Kinshasa, #Congo 2 July 1960

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2 Jul

2 July 1988: A @MYANC /MK car bomb exploded outside Ellis Park rugby stadium Johannesburg #SouthAfrica after a match between Transvaal/Orange Free State, killing two people and injuring 37 others https://youtu.be/s7esky25yMc via @YouTube

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1 Jul

Belgium’s King Sends Letter of Regret Over Colonial Past in #Congo https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/world/europe/belgium-king-congo.html?smid=tw-share

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1 Jul

The Entebbe hijackers were seeking the release of 53 prisoners, including Baader-Meinhof gang leader Jan-Carl Raspe; Raspe committed suicide in jail along with Baader and Ensslin on 18 October 1977 after another hijacking, this time to #Somalia, failed to secure their release

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1 Jul

1 July 1976: At Entebbe airport, The PFLP released 101 hostages, leaving 110 including 70 Israelis, from Pan Am Flight 139 which they hijacked over Greece and flew to #Uganda

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1 Jul

ZIPRA cadre during bayonet-charge practice at Freedom Camp 15 km north of Lusaka #Zambia in 1977 #RhodesianBushWar

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1 Jul

1 July 1979: Operation CHICORY, the #Rhodesia SAS heliborne raid on the main ZIPRA arms dump south of Lusaka #Zambia #RhodesianBushwar

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1 Jul

#Rhodesia soldiers examine some of the bodies of 14 black laborers and children shot and burned to death by ZANLA guerrillas when they attacked a white-owned farm near Mayo, 135 miles east of Salisbury on 1 July 1978 #RhodesianBushwar

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1 Jul

The sudden death of Pierre Nkurunziza creates an opportunity for #Burundi to break with its past. My interview with @BirgitMSchwarz for @hrw https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/01/interview-burundi-crossroads

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1 Jul

1 July 1967: Interview with #Nigeria leader General Yakubu Gowon on the month-old #Biafra secession #NigerianCivilWar the day before the first offensive of war, Operation UNICORD https://youtu.be/OZMBvaFpLRo via @YouTube

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1 Jul

The first crash of an RhAF Alouette occurred at New Sarum airbase Salisbury #Rhodesia on 1 July 1970, killing Flt Lt Mike Hill and Sqn Leader Gordon Nettleton

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1 Jul

1 July 1962: Belgium granted its territory of Ruanda-Urundi independence as the separate nations of #Rwanda and Kingdom of #Burundi

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1 Jul

Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd speaks at 50th anniversary of the National party on 1 July 1964; The party ruled #SouthAfrica from the 1948 election till 1994

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30 Jun

30 June 1964: ONUC commander #Nigeria General "Johnny Ironsides" Aguiyi-Ironsi is the last @UN soldier to leave #Congo, its four-year mission at an end; Ironsi would be assassinated in a coup in Nigeria in July 1966

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