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congo
Title: congo
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 967 | Pages: 4.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
congo
Before the period of colonial conquest, which officially began with the drafting of
the Treaty of Berlin in 1885, the country was organized into different kingdoms: the
Balkins, Baluba, and Balunda empires, the Kongo Kingdom, and many other groups
and societies. The period of colonial conquest began during the 19th century when
King Leopold II of Belgium acquired the Congo Basin under the Treaty of Berlin. He
was recognized by the European powers as the sovereign …showed first 75 words of 967 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 967 total…for military and financial support. Fear of Marxist revolution
in Zaire, of of another Zairean overture to the communist bloc, prompted to renew aid to
Mobutu’s government. Throughout the 1980’s, this same concern over the possible
spread of Communism into Zaire prompted the United States to back Mobutu in spite of
his domestic policies.
By the 1990’s, dedcades of economic mismanagement and political corruption
had led to chaos marked by riots, massacres, and mutinity.
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