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15 January 1975: The MPLA, FNLA and UNITA signed an agreement in Alvor, #Portugal providing for a transitional government and #Angola independence on 11 November 1975

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16 Jan

#Rwanda’s Khashoggi: who killed the exiled spy chief Patrick Karegeya? https://t.co/FasRVzlFFO

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15 Jan

15 January 1966: A army coup in #Nigeria failed leaving the Prime Minister and Premiers of two regions dead, but the civilian government was overthrown and replaced with a military government

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14 Jan

13 January 1980 "It is a tragedy we had to fight, but let us say to each other its all over": An estimated 100,000 greeted ZAPU leader Joshua Nkomo at a rally outside Salisbury, Southern #Rhodesia @ZANUPF_Official #Zimbabwe

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14 Jan

13/14 January 1988- Witness to Hooper: RIfleman Damian French of 4 #SouthAfrica Infantry

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14 Jan

Operation Hooper: UNITA light infantry and Olifants of 4 SAI before the attack on 21 Brigade of 13/14 January 1988 #Angola #SouthAfrica

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14 Jan

13/14 January 1988- Operation Hooper: The second attack on 21 Brigade east of Cuito Cuanavale #Angola #SouthAfrica

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13 Jan

Operation Hooper: A FAPLA 21 Brigade BM-21 MRL disabled by a Olifant during the attack on 13 January 1988 #SouthAfrcia #Angola

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13 Jan

Operation Hooper: A attackers eye view of the fighting during the #SouthAfrica advance on FAPLA 21 Brigade positions south of the Cuatir RIver #Angola 13/14 January 1988

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13 Jan

"The FAPLA must be fought out of its positions" east of Cuito Cuanavale #Angola: #SouthAfrica SADF commanders for Operation Hooper in January/February 1988

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13 Jan

"Hottest part of Hell for the Pope": Celebrations in Lagos #Nigeria after the surrender of #Biafra: the Catholic Church was blamed for helping the rebels 13 January 1970

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13 Jan

13 January 1976: Three #SouthAfrica Army prisoners captured 4 Jan 600 miles inside #Angola and two Portugese mercenaries paraded by MPLA at a news conference at OAU meeting in Addis Ababa #Ethiopia; The Portugeses said they were captured 17 Sept 1975
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12 Jan

Declared Runner-Up Challenges #Congo Election Results https://t.co/zfSyIOqJF5

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12 Jan

12 January 1981- Witness to Cuamato: Peter McAleese of 44 Para Brigade #Angola #SouthAfrica

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12 Jan

#SouthAfrica soldiers jump off a Puma to attack the SWAPO base at Cuamato #Angola 12 January 1981

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12 Jan

SWAPO base outside Cuamato 30 miles inside #Angola before the #SouthAfrica helicopter-borne assault on 12 January 1981

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12 Jan

12 January 1970 "The Republic of #Biafra hereby ceases to exist": Brigadier Philip Effiong and #Nigeria leader Yakubu Gowon at the official surrender ceremony https://t.co/GQY8AxUNpv via @YouTube

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12 Jan

12 January 1970 "We have reached the end of a tragic and painful conflict": #Nigeria leader Gen. Yakubu Gowon announced he had accepted the #Biafra surrender and a general amnesty

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12 Jan

12 January 1970: After Biafrian leader Gen. Ujukwu fled the country and the loss of last airstrip at Uli, Chief Of Staff Philip Effiong announced the surrender of #Biafra

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12 Jan

Jubilant Nigerians in the capital of Lagos #Nigeria as they read about the surrender of #Biafra on 12 January 1970

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11 Jan

Four humanitarian challenges for #Congo's new leader: Ebola outbreak, conflict over mining and other resources involving a myriad of over 130 armed groups in the Kivu's, anti-government movement in Kasai and Lendu/Hema violence in Ituri https://t.co/yN1EvQpT1T (@irinnews)

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11 Jan

11 January 1993- "Savimbi wants the whole pie": UNITA forces captured Cuito Cuanavale in southeast #Angola

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11 Jan

11 January 1972: Britain's Pearce Commission arrrived in Salisbury #Rhodesia to test the acceptability of the independence settlement https://t.co/ux5EV5hbeZ via @YouTube

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11 Jan

ZANLA guerrillas singing at Marymount Mission #Rhodesia #Zimbabwe; guerrillas who had not checked into the 16 assembly points were blamed for the cease-fire violations 11 January 1980

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11 Jan

Members of a #Cuba women's anti-aircraft unit a ceremony marking their departure from #Angola 10 January 1989 #SouthAfrica

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11 Jan

10 January 1989: 13 years after #Cuba began sending its forces to #Angola, the first 450 Cuban troops left from Luanda #SouthAfrica

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11 Jan

10 January 1991: Cape Town Afrikaans daily @Die_Burger reported that a son of President FW De Klerk was engaged to a 'colored' woman, which was an criminal offence under National Party Apartheid until 1985 #SouthAfrica

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10 Jan

Jonas Savimbi's Remains to Be Exhumed Without State Honors https://t.co/VOBhKCvKzR via @allafrica

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10 Jan

10 January 2014: Michel Djotodia stepped down as #CentralAfricanRepublic President; he had seized power in a Muslim Seleka militia coup d'etat in March 2013

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10 Jan

#Congo Says Felix Tshisekedi Won Election, Rebuffing Independent Review https://t.co/yzTQ2jAyhi

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9 Jan

9 January 1993: The 55-day battle for Huambo #Angola between UNITA and the Angolan army FAA began

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9 Jan

8 January 1999: The @UN rescue team found the crash site of the C-130 plane shot down two weeks before by UNITA rebels outside Huambo #Angola

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8 Jan

UNITA leader explains use of 87 mm rocket launcher to guerrillas near Huambo : Jonas Savimvbi announced he was delaying a offensive until after a OAU meeting about #Angola in Addis Ababa #Ethopia ended 8 January 1976

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7 Jan

A guerrilla assembly area at Inyanga in northeast #Rhodesia: an estimated 19,500 Patriotic Front fighters had gathered at the 16 assembly areas designated by the cease-fire agreement 7 January 1980 #Zimbabwe

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7 Jan

Opposition Leader Martin Fayulu Is Seen by Church as Winning #Congo Vote https://t.co/A8VBODanqe

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7 Jan

#Gabon Coup Attempt Failed, Government Says https://t.co/XxIH10C145

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6 Jan

6 January 1997 "The first bloody shock": Kisase Ngandu, one of the original four AFDL leaders chosen by #Rwanda and the movements military commander, was assassinated outside Goma #Congo #FirstCongoWar

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6 Jan

6 January 1976: Thre #Cuba soldiers captured by UNITA speak at a press conference #Angola https://t.co/gV9Lp6KuCX via @YouTube

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6 Jan

5 January 1976: MPLA forces captured FNLA northern HQ at Uige and recaptured Luso, which was taken by UNITA and South Africans in December #Angola https://t.co/si8eu38PEb via @YouTube

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5 Jan

2-5 January 1987- Toyota War: In the first major engagement of the war, #Chad forces captured the #Libya fortified base at Fada using a column of truck mounted AT- missiles and machine guns

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5 Jan

5 January 1984- Operation Askari: SWAPO Chairman Sam Nujoma made a cease-fire offer at the @UN Security Council #Angola #SouthAfrica

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5 Jan

4 January 1976- Operation Savannah: Three #SouthAfrica soldiers were captured in #Angola near Calucinga, 400 km southeast of Luanda

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5 Jan

Operation Askari: Ratel 13B showing the penetration by a T-55 round that killed six #SouthAfrica soldiers during the assault on Cuvelai on 4 January 1984 #Angola; five crewman survived

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5 Jan

4 January 1984 Operation Askari: The third #SouthAfrica attack succeeded in routing the FAPLA defenders and capturing Cuvelai #Angola

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5 Jan

Operation Askari: One of the five FAPLA T-55 tanks knocked during the third #SouthAfrica attack which finally captured Cuvelai on 4 January 1984 #Angola

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3 Jan

Operation Askari, the second failed twilight attack on Cuvelai: In the distance, A Ratel burns after striking two landmines 3 January 1984 #Angola #SouthAfrica

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3 Jan

Villagers return to the 'protected village' of Kandeya in northeast #Rhodesia; the viilages were similar to the US Strategic Hamlet/Pacification program in Vietnam; upwards of 800,000 were kept in the villages 3 January 1977

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3 Jan

A Patriotic Front guerrilla reports to a cease-fire holding point on 3 January 1980; Only 6,880 guerrillas had reported out of an estimated 17,000 with the deadline to report the next day #Rhodesia #Zimbabwe

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3 Jan

Operation Hooper: UNITA light infantry preparing for an attack in January 1988 #Angola #SouthAfrica

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3 Jan

2 January 1988 Operation Hooper: The #SouthAfrica/UNITA attack on FAPLA 21 Brigade east of Cuito Cuanavale #Angola

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