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1960 Congo Crisis & Independence

Belgian Congo's chaotic independence and immediate civil war, compounded by Cold War interference, set the template for post-colonial African instability.

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Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of a dependent territory or colony. The commemoration of the independence day of a country or nation celebrates when a country is free from all forms of colonialism; free to build a country or nation without any interference from other nations.

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