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Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Commander-in-Chief, President and Emperor

Flying Dutchman - February 25, 2021

Jean-Bédel Bokassa, from 1966 to 1976 second president of the Central African Republic (CAR) and self-styled ruler Bokassa I of the Central African Empire from...

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The Battle of Dakar, an embarrassing defeat for de Gaulle

Flying Dutchman - September 24, 2020

After their devastating surprise attack on the unprepared French Navy anchored in Mers-el-Kébir near Oran on July 3rd, 1940, for September 23rd of that...

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55 years ago, Alsatian polymath Albert Schweitzer died in Africa

Flying Dutchman - September 4, 2020

On September 4th, 1965 German theologian, musician, philosopher, physician, humanitarian and 1952 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Albert Schweitzer died at the hospital he had...

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The murder of a descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Flying Dutchman - August 28, 2020

Lij Tafari Mäkonnen, better known as Haile Selassie I, Ethiopia's 225th and last Emperor, was murdered in his palace while under house arrest by...

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Mandela’s ultimately failed trip to Taiwan

Flying Dutchman - July 30, 2020

Nelson Mandela’s official visit to Taiwan in July 1993 has almost been forgotten.

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Antonio Salazar, Portugal’s last defender of its glorious past

Flying Dutchman - July 27, 2020

Antonio Salazar’s death basically marked the end of a centuries-old era in Portuguese history.

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Mers el-kebir or how to sink an ally’s fleet

Flying Dutchman - July 3, 2020

In World War II, the British didn’t hesitate long before sinking the French Navy to prevent it from falling into German hands.

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60 years ago, a former personal possession gained independence

Flying Dutchman - June 30, 2020

The story of the Belgian Congo after independence is marked by many problems typical for Africa.

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Groote Schuur Minute: De Klerk and Nelson Mandela write history

Flying Dutchman - May 4, 2020

The negotiations which began in May 1990 between J.W. De Klerk and Nelson Mandela were the beginning of the end of apartheid in South Africa.

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20 years ago: Jiang Zemin the first Chinese leader to visit South Africa

Flying Dutchman - April 24, 2020

The long-lasting triangle relationship between South Africa, China and Taiwan ended when Peking and Pretoria established diplomatic relations in 1998.

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