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Maquis of Fizi, the Glossary

The Maquis of Fizi was a breakaway state in the Maquis movement in what comprises parts of the modern territory of Fizi that broke off from Zaïre and existed from 1967 until 1986.^[1]

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States and territories disestablished in 1986
States and territories established in 1967
Zaire

AFDL

The Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (ADFLC; Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo-Zaïre), also known by the French acronym AFDL, was a coalition of Rwandan, Ugandan, Burundian, and Congolese dissidents, disgruntled minority groups, and nations that toppled Mobutu Sese Seko and brought Laurent-Désiré Kabila to power in the First Congo War. Maquis of Fizi and AFDL are Zaire.

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Banyarwanda

The Banyarwanda (Abanyarwanda, plural; Umunyarwanda, singular) are a Bantu ethnolinguistic supraethnicity.

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Baraka, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Baraka, also known as Bala'a, is the main city and metropolitan center of the Fizi Territory located in the South Kivu Province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Bembe language (Ibembe)

Bembe (Kibembe or Ebembe) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Western Tanzania.

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Bembe people

The Bembe people (Babembe in the plural) are an ethnic group based in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Katavi Region of Tanzania.

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Cadre (politics)

In political contexts, cadre consists of persons with leadership skills within a political organization.

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Che Guevara

Ernesto "Che" Guevara (14 June 1928The date of birth recorded on was 14 June 1928, although one tertiary source, (Julia Constenla, quoted by Jon Lee Anderson), asserts that he was actually born on 14 May of that year. Constenla alleges that she was told by Che's mother, Celia de la Serna, that she was already pregnant when she and Ernesto Guevara Lynch were married and that the date on the birth certificate of their son was forged to make it appear that he was born a month later than the actual date to avoid scandal.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Comprador

A comprador or compradore is a "person who acts as an agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment, trade, or economic or political exploitation".

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Congolese National Movement

The Congolese National Movement (Mouvement national Congolais, or MNC) is a political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.

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Fizi Territory

Fizi is a territory in the south of Sud-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, bordering the South Kivu territories of Uvira, Mwenga and Shabunda to the north, Lake Tanganyika or Tanzania in the east, and the provinces Tanganyika in the south and Maniema in the west.

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History of the People's Republic of China (1949–1976)

The time period in China from the founding of the People's Republic in 1949 until Mao's death in 1976 is commonly known as Maoist China and Red China.

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Kabambare

Kabambare is a city in Maniema Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Kwilu rebellion

The Kwilu rebellion (1963–1965) was a civil uprising which took place in the West of what is the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Lake Tanganyika

Lake Tanganyika (Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika) is an African Great Lake.

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Laurent-Désiré Kabila

Laurent-Désiré Kabila (27 November 1939 – 16 January 2001) usually known as Laurent Kabila (US), was a Congolese rebel and politician who served as the third President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1997 until his assassination in 2001.

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Lulenge

Lulenge constitutes one of the four sectors within the Fizi Territory of South Kivu Province, situated in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Maniema

Maniema Province (Jimbo la Maniema, in Swahili) is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Maquis (World War II)

The Maquis were rural guerrilla bands of French and Belgian Resistance fighters, called maquisards, during the German military administration in occupied France during World War II.

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Marxism–Leninism

Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideology that became the largest faction of the communist movement in the world in the years following the October Revolution.

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Mwenga Territory

Mwenga is a territory in the province of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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One-party state

A one-party state, single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a governance structure in which only a single political party controls the ruling system.

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Political commissar

In the military, a political commissar or political officer (or politruk, a portmanteau word from politicheskiy rukovoditel; or political instructor) is a supervisory officer responsible for the political education (ideology) and organization of the unit to which they are assigned, with the intention of ensuring political control of the military.

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President (corporate title)

A president is a leader of an organization, company, community, club, trade union, university or other group.

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Presidential system

A presidential system, or single executive system, is a form of government in which a head of government, typically with the title of president, leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch in systems that use separation of powers.

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Secession

Secession is the formal withdrawal of a group from a political entity.

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Simba rebellion

The Simba rebellion, also known as the Orientale revolt, was a regional uprising which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1963 and 1965 in the wider context of the Congo Crisis and the Cold War.

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A socialist state, socialist republic, or socialist country, sometimes referred to as a workers' state or workers' republic, is a sovereign state constitutionally dedicated to the establishment of socialism.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquis_of_Fizi