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The Democratic Republic of Congo was one of Belgium’s colonies during the early 1880’s. At the time, they were ruthlessly exploited and oppressed by King Leopold II of Belgium. Congo finally succeeded in gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, but the country wasn’t stable.
“There were constant dictatorships, civil wars, terrors, coups, and assassinations,” Michelle said. “There were people in ethnic conflicts already, and a military government that controls them by force can’t last very long. When civil wars and dictatorships are prolonged, assassinations follow naturally. A total of four million people died in the civil wars before 2003.”
“Four million?”
Young-Joon was absolutely shocked.
“It’s a common number of casualties in Africa. The president was assassinated during the war, and Joseph Kibli, his son, became the president. He was a dictator for eighteen years.”
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“The people are tired of the military government and dictators fighting. They want peace and democracy,” Michelle said. “A lot of people wanted to vote for the president. We had an election, but there was a problem.”
“The vote count manipulation you talked about?”
“Yes. Plus, there were two candidates from the opposition party in the first place. One was Phillip, who is now the president, and...
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