What the records say
- When
- Aug 1963
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 2.88° S, 23.66° E
- Description
- rebellion in DR Congo (1963-65)
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Kwilu rebellion
Civil uprising in Congo
The Kwilu rebellion (1963–1965) was a civil uprising which took place in the West of what is the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. The rebellion took place in the wider context of the Cold War and the Congo Crisis. Led by Pierre Mulele, a follower of ousted prime minister Patrice Lumumba, a faction of rebel Maoists staged a revolt against the government in the Kwilu District.
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