AFRICA: How has the CIA meddled in Africa?

The story that Nelson Mandela's 1962 arrest was the result of a tip-off from a CIA agent in South Africa got us thinking about other times that the agency has been accused of getting involved in African issues.

Patrice Lumumba was deposed in 1960 and killed in January 1961

We've focused on four examples, though there are several others:

1. The assassination of Congo's first prime minister Patrice Lumumba in 1961. The Belgians have apologised for their involvement, but the US has never been explicit about its role despite the CIA plotting to kill him.
2. The overthrow of Ghana's first President Kwame Nkrumah in 1966. The CIA knew of the planned coup and was in touch with the plotters, but it is not clear if agents supplied help.
3. Support for anti-MPLA forces in Angola in 1975. The CIA helped arm and train the FLNA and Unita who were fighting the MPLA for control of Angola after independence from Portugal.
4. Support for Hissene Habre in Chad in 1982. The CIA backed Habre's overthrow of President Goukouni Oueddei as the US feared a Chad-Libya alliance involving Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

BBC Africa