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After the assassination of Lumumba in 1961, Antoine Gizenga installed the Free Republic of the Congo in Stanleyville, which competed with the central government in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa). Before the country gained independence from Belgium in 1960, Kisangani was reputed to have more Rolls-Royces per capita than any other city in the world ...
The Free Republic of the Congo (French: République Libre du Congo), often referred to as Congo-Stanleyville, was a short-lived rival government to the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Léopoldville) based in the eastern Congo and led by Antoine Gizenga.
Operation Dragon Rouge (French: Opération Dragon Rouge, IPA: [ɔpeɾasjõ dɾagõ ɾuʒə], meaning "Operation Red Dragon") was a hostage rescue operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo conducted jointly by Belgium and the United States in 1964.
The Congo Crisis (French: Crise congolaise) was a period of political upheaval and conflict between 1960 and 1965 in the Republic of the Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo). [ c ] The crisis began almost immediately after the Congo became independent from Belgium and ended, unofficially, with the entire country under the rule of ...
The Stanleyville mutinies, also known as the Mercenaries' mutinies, ... In response, Mobutu severed relations between the Congo and Rwanda on 11 January 1968. After ...
An 1897 map of the Congo Free State showed the huge Stanley Falls District where the later Stanleyville and Katanga districts would be created. [1] A 1910 map of the Belgian Congo shows the Stanleyville District along the northeastern border of the colony, with Uele District to the north, Aruwimi District and Kasai District to the west and Katanga District to the south.
Stanleyville, Belgian Congo, the former name for Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Stanleyville, a community in the township of Tay Valley, Ontario ...
November: 1964 Stanleyville massacre occurs. [10] Stanleyville becomes capital of the newly created People's Republic of the Congo. [11] 1966 July: Mercenaries' Mutiny attempted. Stanleyville renamed "Kisangani." [7] 1967 - Second Mercenaries' Mutiny occurs. 1970 Belgian king Baudouin visits city. [citation needed] Population: 216,526. [1] 1971