Congo: The Wild Ones

The political news from the Congo sounded better. The central government of Premier Cyrille Adoula was gaining strength. Moise Tshombe of Katanga seemed to be playing along with Adoula, at least for the moment, and Red-backed Antoine Gizenga had been toppled from power. The U.S. could only keep its fingers crossed and, through the U.N., nurse along the Central Government as best it could. But other news reminded the world of an ugly fact. The Congo as a whole—Adoula's, Tshombe's, Gizenga's or anyone else's—is still a savage society.

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