Kisangani Helpless in Wake of Violence
by Stanley Meisler
Commentary by Stanley Meisler
July 27, 1967
July 1967
Kisangani, Congo
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Congo Trouble Spot - Kisangani, the town they once called Stanleyville is quiet and hot and tranquil. It is stirring feebly and helplessly, like most towns do in the calm and light that follow a hurricane. But no natural disaster wracked this town. The bullet holes that pock the stucco buildings make the difference clear. For eight days after July 5, white mercenaries of the Congolese army controlled the town. The way to control was bloody. Even after they had the town, the mercenaries could not keep peace. After the mercenaries left on July 12, Kisangani was engulfed by anti-white hysteria, and the stores and apartments of whites were smashed for several days. Finally, Red Cross planes and U.S. Air Force C-130s evacuated 290 of the 350 non-Africans in town and law and order was restored...
Congo Trouble Spot - Kisangani, the town they once called Stanleyville is quiet and hot and tranquil. It is stirring feebly and helplessly, like most towns do in the calm and light that follow a hurricane. But no natural disaster wracked this town. The bullet holes that pock the stucco buildings make the difference clear. For eight days after July 5, white mercenaries of the Congolese army controlled the town. The way to control was bloody. Even after they had the town, the mercenaries could not keep peace. After the mercenaries left on July 12, Kisangani was engulfed by anti-white hysteria, and the stores and apartments of whites were smashed for several days. Finally, Red Cross planes and U.S. Air Force C-130s evacuated 290 of the 350 non-Africans in town and law and order was restored...
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