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Congo Independence Brings Death and Disorder
A Belgian cement worker Albert Verbrugghe and his wife were caught in Congo violence during independence. The piece paints a chaotic start for the new Republic of the Congo with mutinies, unpaid teachers, tribal feuds, and Katanga secession led by Moise Tshombe. It notes UN intervention and a later Angers bridge disaster of 1850 with around 200 soldiers perished.
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Albert Verbrugghe
Jadotsville
Verbrugghe
Republic of the Congo
al Gnesspleyary Brothers
Sodrne
Katanga
Moshe ‘Tshombe
Belgium
England
Republic
United Nations
Jadotville
Angers
France