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What if Patrice Lumumba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Lumumba), the Prime Minister of the Congo, was not deposed, imprisoned and executed, and instead won the Congo Crisis? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Crisis) Would the Republic of the Congo (ROTC) fare better under his party's rule? Would it modernize quicker? Would the country never experience the tyrranical reign of Mobutu Sese Seko? Could the ROTC become a Regional Superpower?
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