Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Musi wa5 Chikunguru 1960, mazuva mashanu mushure mekunge Republic of Congo itsva yawana kuzvitonga kubva kuBelgium, nhengo dze "Force Publique" (chiDutch: "Openbare Weermacht") garrison pedyo neLéopoldville/Leopoldstad dzakapanduka. Varwi veAfrica, vakagumburwa neidi rokuti kuzvimirira kwakanga kwaunza chinjo shomanene muchimiro chavo, vakadzinga vakuru vakuru vavo veBelgium 1 000 muchimiro chendangariro. Hurumende itsva yacho yakanga ichinonoka kuita chiito, ichibvumira mamiriro ezvinhu okutya kukura pakati pavagari vemo 120 000 vakanga vachiri kugara munharaunda yacho sezvo mapoka anodzungaira evapanduki akarwisa vavariro dzakawanda dzeEurope, achirwisa nokuuraya pasina kurangwa. Kuedza kweBelgium kudzivirira vagari vayo nesimba rehondo kwakangowedzera mamiriro acho ezvinhu; mukati memazuva gumi okuzvimiririra vashandi vehurumende vachena vakanga vachibva munyika vakawanda. Sezvo dambudziko reCongo rine mukurumbira wakaipa
yakatanga kukura, vakuru vakuru vehurumende vaiva varungu vakatizawo nyonganyonga yakanga ichikura, vachirova zvakasimba hurongwa hwokutonga hwenyika yavo <unk> hwairangarirwa nevanoongorora vakasiyana-siyana vakakurumbira se"njodzi yakaipisisa munhevedzano iyi yenjodzi".