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The Simba rebellion, also known as the Orientale revolt, [13] was a regional uprising which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1963 and 1965 in the wider context of the Congo Crisis and the Cold War.
The Simba rebels executed 20,000 Congolese and 392 Western hostages, including 268 Belgians, during the rebellion. Tens of thousands of people were killed in total during the suppression of the Simbas. [117] Pockets of Simba resistance continued to hold out in the eastern Congo, most notably in South Kivu, where Laurent-Désiré Kabila led a ...
Operation Violettes Imperiales (May–June 1965) was a military offensive conducted by the forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in northern Orientale Province against insurgents during the Simba rebellion.
King Leopold II, whose rule of the Congo Free State was marked by severe atrocities, violence and major population decline.. Even before his accession to the throne of Belgium in 1865, the future king Leopold II began lobbying leading Belgian politicians to create a colonial empire in the Far East or in Africa, which would expand and enhance Belgian prestige. [2]
Thomas Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare (17 March 1919 – 2 February 2020) was a British-Irish military officer and mercenary who fought during the Simba rebellion and was involved in carrying out the 1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt. [1] [2]
Kwilu rebellion (1963–1965) Kanyarwanda War (1963-1966) Simba rebellion (1964) Katanga insurgency (1963–present), sub-conflict of Congo Crisis that continued as ongoing insurgency Batwa–Luba clashes (2013–2018) Shaba invasions (Shaba I 1977, Shaba II 1978) Lord's Resistance Army insurgency (1987–present)
The U.N. children’s fund on Thursday accused armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of children over the past weeks as rebels expand their footprint ...
Four Protestant missionaries, four Spanish nuns, and an unknown number of Catholic priests were brutally murdered by Communist rebels during the Simba rebellion. [6] Battle of Kolwezi: 18–22 May 1978: Hundreds The Congolese National Liberation Front massacred hundreds of White European civilians during Shaba II, mostly Belgians. [7] [8 ...