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Word: tshatshi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1966-1966
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Over the months, the Katangese and the A.N.C. troops grew to hate each other largely because the Mobutu men lorded it over the Kats and took all the cold beer and prettiest girls. Two months ago, the gendarmes went "on strike," nabbed A.N.C. Colonel Joseph Damien Tshatshi (known in the Congo as "Tshatshi the Terrible"), sent him back to headquarters in his underwear. Angry and alarmed, A.N.C. Commander Louis Bobozo decided that the time had come to disarm the Kats. When he tried to implement his decision two weeks ago, all hell broke loose in Stanleyville (now called Kisangani...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congo: Rising of the Kats | 8/5/1966 | See Source »

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