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RSS Feed23 February 1964:Aftermath of failed coup d'etat of #Gabon President Leon M'ba that was crushed by French troops https://youtu.be/4bVrcy22ZyY via @YouTube
23 February 1986: Thirteen convicted, sentenced to be executed by firing squad for the December 1985 coup attempt to overthrow General Ibrahim Babangida #Nigeria https://youtu.be/ZUFobooi4lM via @YouTube
“a beautiful woman — but also a dangerous woman, perhaps the most dangerous in all Africa.”: Overlooked No More: Andrée Blouin, Voice for Independence in Africa https://nyti.ms/38skF87
22 February 1969: Aftermath of Federal #Nigeria bombing of Omoba #Biafra #NigerianCivilWar https://youtu.be/2QDdY27k6qo via @YouTube
21 February 1961: A week after the assassination of elected former Premier Patrice Lumumba was revealed, The
@UN Security Council passed Resolution 161 authorizing the use of force to prevent civil war in #Congo
21 February 2013- Operation SERVAL: French troops killed 20 rebels in street fighting when Islamist fighters launched a surprise attack on Gao in the Niger bend #Mali
419 February 1988 Oshakati bomb blast:: A 50 lb bomb attributed to SWAPO/PLAN exploded in the First National Bank in Oshakati SW Africa /#Namibia killing 27 people and injuring 70 others #BorderWar
2Battle of Bulawayo February 1981: ZIPRA BTR-152 knocked out by Eland-90 armoured car troop during clashes between ZIPRA and ZANLA guerrillas that left 260 dead; Mugabe was forced to rely on the remaining white-led RAR units in the ZNA to quell the uprising #Zimbabwe #Rhodesia
319 February 2013- Operation SERVAL: a French Foreign Legionnaire was killed in heavy fighting with Islamist militants in the Ifoghas massif on the #Algeria border #Mali
4#Guinea: Fear of Further Crackdown as Constitutional Poll Nears. Referendum on 1 March could clear way for President to run for a third term which he is barred from doing; 30 killed in protests since October https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/02/19/guinea-fear-further-crackdown-constitutional-poll-nears
19 February 1961: Riots in London outside the #Belgium embassy over the killing of Patrice Lumumba in #Congo and The Belgian embassy in Belgrade was sacked; In 2001, Belgium admitted he was killed by Katangese with active role of Belgian officers http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/19/newsid_2748000/2748931.stm
#Zimbabwe: Violence and Rape by Government Forces after protests beginning 14 January 2019; 17 were killed https://youtu.be/hY6jF7c20Ek via @YouTube
EU Renews #Zimbabwe Arms Embargo, Asset Freeze Against State-Owned Military Company, Zimbabwe Defense Industries, until recommendations of commission into human rights abuses by security forces after 2018 election are addressed https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/02/18/eu-urges-zimbabwe-bring-abusive-security-forces-justice
18 February 1977: Black troops in the #Rhodesia army training #RhodesianBushWar https://youtu.be/MxNnwaojjpY via @YouTube
18 February 1982: The SAS frigate President Kruger sank off the coast of #SouthAfrica after colliding with the SAS Tafelberg while conducting exercises in the south Atlantic; thanks to @VWSFire for the attached information
3Army Generals Running Mining, Fuel Cartels in #Zimbabwe, says a study by @RANDCorporation https://allafrica.com/stories/202002170124.html via @allafrica
17 February 2017: Video purported to show massacre of at least 13 civilians in Kasai Province by @FARDC_ Congolese Army soldiers #Congo https://nyti.ms/2lsFYk5
Operation SERVAL: French VBL scout cars and VAB APC near Bourem in Niger bend in eastern #Mali on 17 February 2013
317 February 1978: At the @UN #Chad accuses #Libya of backing FROLINAT rebels and occupying parts of northern #Tchad https://youtu.be/XGn27-nhJxU via @YouTube
Gunmen have killed 24 people and wounded 18 in an attack on a Protestant church in a village in northern #BurkinaFaso, officials said Monday https://news.yahoo.com/twenty-four-killed-burkina-faso-church-attack-governor-105026257.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=tw via @Yahoo
31 Reported Dead in Ogossagou in central #Mali, as Attackers Return to Scene of a Massacre where 150 were killed last March https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/world/africa/mali-attack.html
Witness to Operation HOOPER- Johan Kooij February 1988 #BorderWar #Angola https://youtu.be/lDCYLDg5a9k via @YouTube
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.
Rhodesian Forces Roll of Honour If printed, this list would be around 70 pages long. This is probably the most comprehensive record of losses suffered by Rhodesia’s forces during the period 11/11/1965 – 30/03/1980. It was complied by Dr Wood, and is a work in progress. He told me today that he has some new
