I admit I have never flown in Africa although I flew over Egypt once, but I used to work for an American company that flew there a lot. The guy who checked me out in the 707 had taken a hit fron an SA7 in an L100. The warhead failed so he just lost an engine. No big deal. Another guy got hit an the missile worked. He did a 180 and landed immediately. The wing fell off while he was taxiing in. I just never had any desire to go there after that. Also we were flying 707s into Asmara during some sort of altercation and the airport would get mortared after landing. Guys who complained and refused to fly into a war zone were fired. Glad I had quit by then.
The other stories on here sound a lot more fun.