Question

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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2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y320.00100%67%33%
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y33.330%33%0%
2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y616.6767%83%17%
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y412.5050%75%0%
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y220.00100%100%0%
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y33.3333%0%0%

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It's JoeverBerkeley B10101030
Berkeley AStanford A010010
[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]Stanford B0101020
Maryland B+Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them0000
The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 NegsRutgers Diaspora0000
Amartya Senpai Notice MeWUSTL0101020
NorthwesternChicago B10101030
Mojo ShojoEpic Games0101020
Illinois+Ohio State0000
Chicago APurdue001010
Maryland B-Michigan0101020
Cornell C++Dr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq0101020
Cornell B-Hutto Hippos0000
Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangHouston and friends0101020
The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy BWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU001010
Buzzers KaramazovBroken Imperial Nomads0101020
Oxford HornetsMagisters Ludi0101020
Parth et al.Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style0000
Milan et al.The Passion According to C.H.010010
The Vulture's Guide to BuzzCameron et al.0000
Glass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryMaryland A001010