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Topic: M23

The Congo River at Kinshasa.

Tuesday, 6/30, 01:48 AM

Sixty-Six Years After Independence, the Congo's Promise Remains Deferred

On June 30, 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo broke free from more than seven decades of Belgian rule.
Sixty-six years later, much of the country — especially its war-ravaged east — is still waiting for that freedom to mean something.

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