
Rhodesian Remembrance ’20
August 11, 2020
Rhodesian Remembrance 2020, the paty, the music and a plea from the Golden Oldies
17 January 1961: deposed #Congo premier Patrice Lumumba @executedtoday by firing squad in Katanga province; In 2001, a Belgian commission found Belgium bore "moral responsibility" for his death, and #Belgium officially apologized in 2002 http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/01/17/1961-patrice-lumumba-congo/?platform=hootsuite
16 January 1994: PAC President Clarence Makwetu announced APLA had suspended armed struggle https://youtu.be/zOVkYoZusHQ via @YouTube
16 January 1996: #SierraLeone leader Valentine Strasser was deposed in a bloodless military coup led by Julius Maada; he was flown by helicopter to exile in Conakry #Guniea https://youtu.be/NTg924ywjOo via @YouTube
Uganda’s Leader @KagutaMuseveni of 35 Years Is Re-elected Amid Accusations of Vote-Rigging https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/world/africa/uganda-election-results.html?smid=tw-share
"Nice to see you again. how are you?": Major-General Gowon and Colonel Obasanjo accept #Biafra's surrender at an official ceremony unlike any other in Lagos #Nigeria on 15 January 1970 #NigerianCivilWar
3Luxury Living in a Failed State: There is no place quite like Luanda #Angola one of the most unequal cities on Earth. Half of Angolans live on less than $2 a day and only 42% have regular access to electricity https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/01/extreme-city-specter?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned via @NewYorker
Yoweri Museveni and Other African ‘Presidents for Life’; several are now gone https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/world/europe/yoweri-museveni-and-other-african-presidents-for-life.html?smid=tw-share
Ugandans Are Voting. Will Their President of 35 Years Win Again? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/world/africa/uganda-elections-bobi-wine-museveni.html?smid=tw-share
Operation SERVAL: French Gazelle helicopters arrive in Bamako #Mali on 14 January 2013
4Operation SERVAL: French Panhard ERC 90 Sagaie disembarked at Bamako #Mali airport on 13 January 2013
2#Ghana President Kofi Busia interviewed in London after being overthrown by a coup on 13 January 1972 https://youtu.be/-n4ylDLuMdg via @YouTube
Bullets and panic: an estimated 200 rebels attack #CentralAfricanRepublic capital of Bangui; one @UN soldier killed https://reut.rs/3q96j4S
Scenes in Lagos as Efiong Announces Surrender of #Biafra 12 January 1970 #NigerianCivilWar https://youtu.be/DfrMmaLgOc8 via @YouTube
The Fall of Biafra 12 January 1970 by @AdeyinkaMakinde http://adeyinkamakinde.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-fall-of-biafra.html
211 January 1972: The Pearce Commission, sent to #Rhodesia as part of November Smith-Home independence agreement to canvass Black opinion, arrived in Salisbury https://youtu.be/yfYCTnilrtA via @YouTube
6 Park Rangers Ambushed and Killed in Congo Gorilla Reserve @gorillacd northeast of Goma blamed on Mai-Mai militia; 175 rangers have been killed in the park https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/world/africa/congo-gorilla-park-rangers-killed.html?smid=tw-share
Statement from Virunga National Park following the fatal attack on Park Rangers today: https://bit.ly/38w5jSr
Rhodesian Remembrance 2020, the paty, the music and a plea from the Golden Oldies