Mozambique

The issues
The nations south of the DRC/Zaire/Belgian Congo were in big trouble. Many wars and civil wars over the years due to the ongoing problems relating to the region's colonial legacy. The main problem was about the issues of communism, apartheid, the fall of the Portuguese empire, Rhodesia under Sir Ian Smith and the fate of White colonial ex-pats\business interests.

As a whole, the Portuguese Empire was hated by Africans for it's homicidal attitude. The Pijiguiti Massacre in 1959 saw Portuguese soldiers opened fire on protesting Bissau dockworkers, killing 50.

The anti-French 1947-48 Malagasy Uprising was bloodily crushed in 1948.

Also see

 * 1) Egypt
 * 2) Angola
 * 3) Rhodesia
 * 4) Namibia
 * 5) Mozambique
 * 6) West Africa
 * 7) North Africa
 * 8) Horn of Africa
 * 9) Bophuthatswana
 * 10) Koevoet units
 * 11) 1947-48 Malagasy Uprising
 * 12) Portuguese Colonial War
 * 13) Minerals and fuel in central Africa
 * 14) Arbitrary colonial borders divided the tribes
 * 15) United Nations Security Council Resolution 282
 * 16) United Nations Security Council Resolution 418
 * 17) United Nations Security Council Resolution 591
 * 18) United Nations Security Council Resolution 919
 * 19) United Nations Security Council Resolution 216
 * 20) United Nations Security Council Resolution 202
 * 21) United Nations Security Council Resolution 300
 * 22) United Nations Security Council Resolution 218
 * 23) United Nations Security Council Resolution 275
 * 24) United Nations Security Council Resolution 204
 * 25) United Nations Security Council Resolution 178
 * 26) United Nations Security Council Resolution 289
 * 27) United Nations Security Council Resolution 275

Links

 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angolan_Civil_War
 * http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13037271
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angolan_Civil_War
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambican_Civil_War
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Border_War
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibian_War_of_Independence
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesian_Bush_War
 * http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/678102c2-59e0-11e4-9787-00144feab7de.html#axzz3SnS60sWm
 * http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Bush-Rhodesia-Extraordinary-Reconnaissance/dp/1581606141
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia
 * 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana
 * 2) http://www.generalknowledgefacts.com/2013/09/bechuanaland-was-former-name-of-botswana.html
 * 3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bophuthatswana
 * 4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechuanaland_Protectorate