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On the Sultan’s Secret Service: Oman, Rhodesia, and the CargOman Affair
In early 1977, international authorities began noticing a new and mysterious cargo airliner flying the skies. A Douglas DC-8 in green and red livery and emblazoned with the name ‘CargOman’ in both Arabic and English. The plane’s roundel, featuring an Omani-style khanjar knife, only further added to the impression that this was an Omani plane. In fact, ‘CargOman’ was a front organisation, a joint Omani-Rhodesian covert operation and the most visible sign of a secret relationship stretching across Africa and the Indian Ocean. DPhil candidate Naif Alrogi (Nuffield College) will present a chapter from his doctoral thesis shedding light on this little known Cold War story, of how and why a newly independent Gulf Arab country served as a crucial lifeline for sanctioned and isolated Rhodesia.
Date:
17 February 2026, 16:00
Venue:
Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details:
Seminar Room 2
Speaker:
Naif Alrogi (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Oxford Department of International Development
Organiser:
Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Oxford Southern Africa Discussion Group
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Tamsin Kelk
