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Archive - Congo's 50th Independence Anniversary 

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2010 marks 50 years since the former Belgian colony of the Congo was granted independence. But the scenes of joy and celebration were short lived as the fledgling nation soon descended into a spiral of political violence and tribal conflict. 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Leopoldville. A small crowd of supporters of... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Katanga. Elizabethville. Moise Tshombe on his... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Leopoldville. Locals, held back by Congolese... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Katanga. Elizabethville. A decorated ex Belgian... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Leopoldville. Nearly all the Senators and Deputies... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Leopoldville. Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Katanga. Elizabethville. Moise Tshombe the self-declared... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Katanga. Elizabethville. The enlistment of volunteers... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Leopoldville. A man of the Bayaka tribe is caught... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Leopoldville. A man of the Bayaka tribe is caught... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Leopoldville. A man of the Bayaka tribe is caught... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Leopoldville. Poliical or tribal differences... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Luluabourg. Congolese soldiers patrol the town.... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Leopoldville. A man from one of the tribes not... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Elizabethville. Prisoners, including looters... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Katanga. Elizabethville. The first of the UN... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. N Rhodesia. Ndola. Refugees from the Katanga province... 

Ian Berry 1960

AFRICA. Congo. Katanga. Elizabethville. The funeral of a small... 
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