Travel on the Catió-Bedanda road during “Operação Rolo”, March 1965. Source: Military Historical Archive, Photographs of the Colonial War in Guinea-Bissau. PT/AHM/FE/110/B4/PQ/1

#Portuguese #Alouette in Guinea-Bissau, 1965

Patrolling in the “Pedra Verde” area. Source: Military Historical Archive, Photographic archive of the war in #Angola – photographer Manuel da Graça e Costa. PT/AHM/FE/110/B2/MD/12

Patrol in the bush, 1961. Source: Military Historical Archive, Photographic archive of the war in #Angola

A Portuguese patrol return fire during the Portuguese Colonial War, circa early 1970’s

#sierraleone #executiveoutcome

in #Nigeria

members of executive outcomes in Sierra Leone

members of executive outcome

#Nigeria has drafted “hundreds of mercenaries from South Africa” in its fight against Boko Haram. South Africans have a long-standing reputation as being among the best mercenaries in the world, and have been present in one form or another in most African conflicts for the past two decades.

Mercenaries in the #Angola civil war