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Belgian colonial administration

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Belgian colonial administration

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Congo becomes independent and Lumumba challenges colonial paternalism

📅 30 Yüni 1960

The Republic of the Congo became independent from Belgium. At the ceremony, King Baudouin praised Belgian rule; Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba replied that independence had been won through struggle...