Word: gizenga
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...white cassock was soaked with sweat, and his head was heavily bandaged. "Even in my worst visions of hell, I could not imagine tortures like this," he said wearily. He was one of a tattered band of missionaries who arrived in Leopoldville last week after fleeing from Gizenga-held Kivu province. Their story proved that however statesmanlike the conduct of some Congolese politicians, there were other Congolese still capable of savage and primitive brutality...
Dead & Wounded. Would it work? No one could say, for one key region-Eastern province-was still in the hands of Communist-backed Antoine Gizenga, who refused to join the talks and obviously would not abide by their decisions. In their new unity, the conferees of Madagascar seemed determined to get back control of their country from...
Tshombe was adamant: Katanga shall have its autonomy. Even Antoine Gizenga, who refused to attend the Tananarive conference, may realize that he too can find a place in the new confederation. The Kasavubu-Tshombe solution will assure no political perfection, but at least provides a framework in which future peaceful compromises can be made...
...great concern echoed at U.N. headquarters over the Congolese central government's 1,600-man force gathered at Bumba by General Joseph Mobutu, apparently poised for an attack on Gizenga's Eastern province. To stop him, new U.N. Military Commander General Sean McKeown flew to Mobutu's bush headquarters, extracted a promise that there would be no invasion. This was highly convenient to the Gizenga regime, for, with Mobutu's immobilization now assured, they were ready for their dash deep into Kasai. The target was Luluabourg, just as the U.N.'s tipsters had been warning...
With the occupation of Luluabourg, Gizenga could claim to have split the Congo in half...