How the CIA used jazz greats as cover for a 1961 coup in Africa
Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...
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Congo 1961
During the Congo Crisis (1960-1964), several hundred Norwegian and Swedish soldiers were sent to the Congo as UN peacekeepers. They were pioneers of the UN peacekeeping forces, were sent on ...
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Why have UN peacekeepers been in DR Congo for 65 years?
Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; ...
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EDUCATION IN THE CONGO
1961. It is generally felt that its interpretation of recent history in the Congo does grave injustice, not only to Belgium and its Government, but also to the United States and its new ...
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The mausoleum holding Congo independence hero Lumumba's gold-capped tooth is vandalized
He became Congo’s first prime minister and was seen as one of Africa’s most promising new leaders, but he was assassinated within a year in 1961. His body was dismembered and dissolved with ...
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Kanza Discusses Congo 'Tragedy'
An important figure in the Congolese Government mourned the death of Patrice Lumumba and spoke bitterly on the "Tragi-comedy of the Congo" last night at Quincy House. Thomas Kanza, the ...