Word: kwilu
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rebellion-plagued history of the Congo since independence, Pierre Mulele authored one of the bloodier chapters. Almost five years ago, he launched a revolt against the "profiteers of independence"-the central government-and within months led his ill-equipped but relatively well-disciplined bands to control much of rich Kwilu province in the interior...
...superstitious Congolese National Army to flight. With shouts of Mulele mai (Water of Mulele), they threw themselves into battle, convinced that bullets fired at them would turn to water. Eventually the rebellion collapsed, partly because the Congolese army grew somewhat more efficient, partly because the geographical isolation of Kwilu province made it impossible for Mulele to replace the bows and poisoned arrows of his followers with modern weapons. Last week the Congolese government of President Joseph Desire Mobutu squared accounts with the former rebel leader by executing...
...surreal quality of the Congo's creeping rebellion often obscures the fact that slowly but surely the country is slipping out of the government's grasp. In the seven months since the current wave of revolt began in Kwilu province, various rebel bands-some Communist-backed, others leaderless but just as vicious-have captured fully a third of the nation. Last week the tide lapped at, and then inundated, the biggest rebel prize yet. Strategic Stanleyville, the Congo's third largest city and the old stronghold of its first Premier, Leftist Patrice Lumumba, fell after two days...
...little to stop the spread of rebellion. Almost a third of the nation was no longer under Leopoldville's control; as usual, government troops fled in panic at the very sight of the insurgents. And now a fourth front, potentially more dangerous than those in Kwilu, Kivu and Maniema provinces, had been opened only 100 miles north of Leopoldville. A band of uniformed, well-armed rebels crossed the Congo River border from neighboring Brazzaville Congo, took control of several towns and cut the vital Route Nationale, the combination of river and rail links that connects Leopoldville to the nation...
...Kwilu, Kivu and North Katanga provinces that threaten total tribal anarchy. Indeed, Adoula resigned his premiership last week on the fourth anniversary of Congolese independence. And who was now touted to succeed...