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    The Simba rebellion, also known as the Orientale revolt, was a regional uprising which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1963...
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  • Democratic Republic of the Congo in Kivu against insurgents during the Simba rebellion. It was carried out by the DR Congo's regular military, the Armée Nationale...
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    Rwandan rebels based in the Congo joined the Lumumbist Simba rebellion, because they hoped that a Simba-led government would support their own efforts in Rwanda...
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    British-Irish military officer and mercenary who fought during the Simba rebellion and was involved in carrying out the 1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt...
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    members of Antoine Gizenga's Parti Solidaire Africain (PSA). During the Simba rebellion, Mulele, who had previously undergone training in the Eastern Bloc...
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    forces. The rebellion was concurrent with the Simba rebellion occurring in other areas of the Congo during this time. While the rebellion was suppressed...
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    in the north. The territory was created after the failures of the Simba rebellion as a revolutionary redoubt by Laurent-Désiré Kabila with a contingent...
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    Sese Seko during the Congo Crisis (1960–1965). He took part in the Simba rebellion and led the Communist-aligned Fizi rebel breakaway state in eastern...
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    was gaining a foothold in its fight to suppress the communist-backed Simba rebellion. Fearing an inevitable defeat, the rebels resorted to taking hostages...
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  • Province from insurgents during the Simba rebellion. The operation succeeded in its aims, cutting off the Simba rebels from supply by their allies in...
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    Army (Armée Nationale Congolaise, or ANC) formed in response to the Simba rebellion. They were trained to be commandos[citation needed] and had their own...
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  • Look up simba or Simba in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Simba is a fictional character who appears in Disney's The Lion King franchise. Simba may also...
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    minister of the country as part of a new coalition government against the Simba rebellion by Lumumba's supporters. In 1965, he founded the CONACO alliance, which...
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  • Congo in northern Orientale Province against insurgents during the Simba rebellion. The operation succeeded in its aims, retaking the towns of Buta and...
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    lieutenant in 5 Commando in 1964 as part of the repression of the Simba rebellion in the Congo Crisis. At 44, Müller was the oldest of Mike Hoare's soldiers...
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  • promises to fix the political situation in the Congo by leading the Simba rebellion. Rebel forces, armed with bows and believing that a magic spell makes...
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    Congo Crisis (category Separatist rebellion-based civil wars)
    end to the Simba rebellion. The Simba rebels executed 20,000 Congolese and 392 Western hostages, including 268 Belgians, during the rebellion. Tens of thousands...
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    of the Katangese secession and led Operation Ommegang against the Simba rebellion during the Congo Crisis. His precise role in the assassination of Patrice...
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    use. Both Type 56 and Soviet SKS carbines were used by Simba forces during the Simba Rebellion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The rebels appreciated...
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    year two leftist rebellions overtook the Congolese government; one in the Kwilu region and another in the east, waged by the "Simbas." With the ANC lacking...
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  • under his orders on a one-year contract during the quelling of the Simba rebellion. Denard then supported an attempted secessionist revolt on behalf of...
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    Lumumba's Minister of Education and a rebel leader during the 1964 Simba rebellion, was lured out of exile in Brazzaville on the belief that he would...
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  • (died January 1997) was a Congolese rebel leader. An insurgent in the Simba rebellion of the 1960s, he immigrated to East and later West Germany where he...
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  • Banyamulenge played a role in Mobutu's war against and victory over the Simba Rebellion, which was not supported by the majority of other tribes in South Kivu...
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  • gendarmes into Angola. In 1964, the Simba rebellion erupted and the entire eastern half of the Congo was taken by the Simba rebels while the Armée Nationale...
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    trade unionist, and rebel who, along with Gaston Soumialot, led the Simba rebellion, an anti-government insurrection in the Democratic Republic of the...
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    to form "5 Commando" – a second mercenary force raised to crush the Simba Rebellion, which included European adventurers of at least twenty nationalities...
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    September 14, 1960 First Mobutu coup d'état 1963 – 1965 Kwilu rebellion 1963 – 1965 Simba Rebellion 1963 – 1966 Kanyarwanda War November 25, 1965 Second Mobutu...
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  • Revolution Sino-Soviet split Night Frost Crisis 1960s Congo Crisis Simba rebellion 1960 U-2 incident John F. Kennedy Bay of Pigs Invasion 1960 Turkish...
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    Marxist-Leninist insurgency, followed by similar movements in Congo (the Simba Rebellion). Che Guevara participated in the latter, and opined in 1967 that Africa...
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