While serving in the Congo, this man led a unit known as “the awful ones” while fighting pro-Lumumba rebels in Stanleyville. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this man who also led Operation Shrimp, a failed coup in Benin. In another country, this man ousted Ahmed Abdallah, then led yet another coup to reinstall him as a puppet leader.
ANSWER: Robert “Bob” Denard [or Gilbert Bouregaud; or Saïd Mustapha Mhadjou]
[10e] Denard’s de facto rule of the Comoros allowed France to effectively cheat this broad UN economic policy, established in Resolution 181. This policy was lifted after the election of Nelson Mandela.
ANSWER: economic sanctions on South Africa during apartheid [accept embargo or boycott in place of “sanctions”]
[10m] Many of Denard’s actions in Africa were covertly supported by this first president of Ivory Coast, whose Françafrique (frahn-sah-FREEK) policies supported close ties with his country’s former colonial masters.
ANSWER: Félix Houphouët-Boigny (oo-FWET BWA-nyee) [prompt on Papa Houphouët or partial surname; prompt on Le Vieux or The Old One]
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