Word: separatist
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...positive contributions of Belgian control in the Congo: (1) unification of the region, saving Central Africa from the ravages of Balkanization. Belgium's colonial policy sought a centralized state, she noted, adding that prior to the liberation Belgium a dfavored Lumumba over Kasavubu on account of the latter's separatist leanings...
Atop the wreckage stood grinning, pop-eyed Moise Tshombe of separatist Katanga province. Fortnight earlier, Tshombe had talked his way out of his confinement in a Leopoldville villa with solemn pledges to merge Katanga with the rest of the Congo; as Moise left for home, he embraced his old enemies, showered them with compliments. But once he was back in the safety of Katanga, crafty Tshombe changed his tune. The agreement signed in Leopoldville was forced from him under duress, he sneered. Last week Tshombe's regime declared that Katanga would not give up its own separate currency...
...obligation to make sure that the remainder of the 20th century eradicates the conditions spawning such separatist movements in order to avoid the tragic consequences of similar "cargo cults." The "Messiah" who appeared to the Western Indians about 1890 also promised them an Armageddon with a postscript of a land of "milk and honey" reserved exclusively for red men, of course. The result was gunpowder, chaos and tragedy for those who tried to hurry Armageddon, and those who maintained quiet hopes must still be waiting. Spencer C. D. Jourdain...
Congo President Kasavubu, who had fought Tshombe's separatist demands for copper-rich Katanga, now was willing to accept them. The assembled dignitaries carved the new boundaries of the Congo along tribal lines. The city of Leopoldville woutd be a "neutral" capital, somewhat like Washington. D.C. There, Kasavubu would sit as first President of the confederation...
...internal squabble. The U.A.R.'s 510-man U.N. unit covertly assisted the pro-Lumumba forces that have taken over Eastern province and its Stanleyville capital. The U.N. troops of Guinea and Ghana obviously have been taking orders from their pro-Lumumba bosses back home. In the separatist province of Katanga, the U.N. Moroccan troops were under instructions from Rabat not to fire on anti-Tshombe forces...