Question

Describe the problems that the Democratic Republic of the Congo struggled with after gaining independence.

Answer 1

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The first pressing issue was that the newly independent nation had no system in place to govern the country on a national level. To make matters worse, only a week after gaining independence, the military forces of the young nation began a mutiny. The soldiers were resentful of remaining under the command of white officers. They had thought that Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba would replace these officers with Congolese officers, and they refused to serve under their old commanders.

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