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The Economist
January 11, 2018
Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa. By Paul Kenyon. Head of Zeus; 480 pages; ã25. To be published in America in autumn 2018. IF THERE is one thing Westerners remember about the Zaire of Mobutu Sese Seko, its longtime former dictator, it is the “Rumble in the Jungle”, a heavyweight boxing matchà...
gulfnews.com
May 30, 2017
1966 - Court in the Congo sentences former premier Evariste Kimba and three others to death on charges of plotting a coup. 1970 - Earthquake hits Peru, leaving more than 66,000 dead, 20,000 missing. 1973 - US Senate votes to cut off all funds for US bombing operations in Cambodia. 1974 - Israel andÃÂ ...
Jacobin magazine
April 4, 2017
The new prime minister, Evariste Kimba Muondo, had to make a statement explaining that no mercenaries would go home until the Congo was thoroughly pacified. Guevara was also struggling with the turning political tide. On November 1, 1965, he received an urgent message from Dar es Salaam warningÃÂ ...
gulfnews.com
May 30, 2016
1966 Court in the Congo sentences former premier Evariste Kimba and three others to death on charges of plotting a coup. 1970 Earthquake hits Peru, leaving more than 66,000 dead, 20,000 missing.
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