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Congo struggles with independence and chaos in 1960s era
In Leopoldville Saul Pett writes of a Congo torn by indepen dence chaos graft and ethnic feuds. He notes a lack of trained leaders a fragile central government and rising foreign influence as the Kitawala sect and a cold war shadow loom over a nation adrift.
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Saul Pett
Leopoldville
Congo
Europe
Zanzibar
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Judgment Day
Africa
Gooree
National Cabinet
New York
Manhattan
Belgium
Stanleyville
United States
Moise Tshombe