Season 3: Episode 3: Lumumba's Final Campaign
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In this episode we see the continuation of the independent Republic of the Congo.   The UN, the USSR, the US, Belgium and other continue their operations to push the new country in the direction most aligned to their own ambitions.  Amidst this the Congolese populations and regions estalblish themselves as rival power bases in the country.    These conflicts have casualaties amongst the political class as well as the combatants.   
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