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Turning point · The Cold War, 1945–1991
The murder of Lumumba
17 Jan 1961 — Congo’s first elected premier, ousted with CIA and Belgian connivance, is executed by secessionist forces in Katanga. Africa’s decolonization collides with the Cold War, and loses.
This is one scene of Chapter 8 — The Third World Front in The Cold War, 1945–1991.
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