1960, soldiers of the garrisons of Léopoldville and Thysville of the Force Publique, the army of the newly independent Republic of the Congo mutinied...

the Free State period, the Force Publique suffered from institutional problems. During the early years of the force, mutinies of black soldiers occurred...

this was suspended while a UN peacekeeping force was assembled, to which Nigeria provided 4000 troops. This force withdrew in 2005. Amid turmoil in Liberia...

the Belgian government in exile. Militarily, Congolese troops of the Force Publique fought alongside British forces in the East African Campaign, and a...

command has been cited as the immediate cause of the mutiny by the Force Publique in July 1960 that plunged Congo-Léopoldville into chaos and anarchy...

the colonial gendarmerie known as the Force Publique in 1949. He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major by 1960 and after independence quickly became...

Congo became independent on 30 June 1960, but Belgian Lieutenant General Émile Janssens, commander of the Force Publique (FP) (the army) refused to rapidly...

and 1967, two mutinies in Stanleyville broke out involving up to 800 Katangese gendarmes and former mercenaries of Tshombe. The mutinies were eventually...

garrison force. Despite its military success during the conflict, the Force Publique was vulnerable to internal agitation. In 1944, a Force Publique garrison...

They were involved in several mutinies and attempted invasions of the Congo, most notably the Stanleyville mutinies in 1966 and 1967. After 1967, around...

authority and were defeated by the Force Publique with great brutality, during the Congo–Arab War. In 1895, a military mutiny broke out among the Batetela in...

Africanisation of the army. There was a Force Publique mutiny at Camp Massart, in Elizabethville, on 9 July 1960; five or seven Europeans were killed. The...

the Congo was literally unexplored if not inaccessible." Leopold's Force Publique, a private army that terrorized natives to work as forced labour for...

traders in Eastern Congo in 1886-1892, enlisted them in the militia Force Publique or turned them over as prisoners to allied local chiefs, who in turn...

adjutant before the independence of the Congo in 1960. Following independence, the Force Publique mutinied to protest poor conditions. African officers were...

a "ruinous folly". On the morning of 5 July 1960, General Émile Janssens, commander of the Force Publique, in response to increasing excitement among...

Border War Malagasy Uprising 1952 Egyptian Revolution in 1952. 1960 Force Publique mutiny in the Congo. Katanga secedes from the Congo. South Kasai secedes...

'Republic of the Congo' (Congo). Shortly after independence the Force Publique mutinied, and on 11 July the province of Katanga (led by Moïse Tshombe)...

Kisangani on 23 July 1966 during the Kisangani mutiny. Tshatshi began his military career in the Force Publique under Belgian colonial rule and later trained...

and colleagues, leading the two to drift apart. On 5 July 1960, soldiers of the Force Publique stationed at Camp Léopold II in Léopoldville, dissatisfied...

Training Centre. Until 1999, the army was integrated into the Force Publique (Public Force), which included the Gendarmerie and the Police, until the Gendarmerie...

Congo became independent from Belgium on 30 June 1960. On 5 July, disgruntled soldiers of the Force Publique, unhappy with their lack of advancement relative...

instead of directly through him. On 5 July, the Force Publique garrisons of Léopoldville and Thysville mutinied. The revolt spread the next morning to other...

was adopted on July 14, 1960. With Congolese requests for assistance in front of him, following the Mutiny of the Force Publique, Secretary-General of the...

juillet 1956-février 1960 (in French). Paris: L'Harmattan. ISBN 9782747563925. Vanderstraeten, Louis-François (1993). De la Force publique à l'Armée nationale...

the Congo, which he never personally visited, by using the mercenary Force Publique for his personal gain. He extracted a fortune from the territory, initially...

the Belgian Congo. Schramme performed his national service with the Force Publique, which provided him with his military training. Mr Schramme deeply loved...

troops never acted with the permission of the government. The Force Publique mutinies increased the unpopularity of the army and cost the government...

colonial authorities. The Force Publique garrison in Luluabourg also mutinied in 1944. These were repressed by military force, often violently. The Congo...

more favorable to independence, the street meeting is broken up by Force Publique soldiers, who arrest and imprison Lumumba where he is beaten by the...