DRC set to mark 60th independence anniversary

Описание: (30 Jun 2020) The Democratic Republic of Congo is set to mark the 60th anniversary of its independence from Belgium on Tuesday.
On June 30,1960, the African country declared its independence from the European nation after years of colonial rule.
Huge celebrations took place on the city's streets and the newly elected Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba received congratulations from members of both Houses of Parliament.
Congo was created in 1885 by Belgium's King Leopold II, who recruited the British-born American explorer Henry Morton Stanley to make a secret expedition to carve out a state in the heart of Africa - one that was nearly 80 times the size of Belgium.
Congo first provided ivory, then latex from wild rubber trees that was much in demand after the creation of the pneumatic tire.
The companies' method to boost rubber production was savage: Villagers were given higher and higher quotas and, when they were not met, villages were set ablaze, families butchered and the hands of survivors severed.
It's not known how many millions were slaughtered and maimed.

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