Katangese Tigers
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Katangese Tigers
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The Katangese Tigers or the Tigres are Katangese fighters. The term originally referred to ex-members of the Katangese Gendarmerie who refused to surrender after the State of Katanga's collapse in 1963. These former soldiers fled to Angola in the 1960s. They formed a rebel group, the Congolese National Liberation Front (FNLC), in the 1970s. However, the FLNC was unsuccessful in overthrowing Zaire's government or retaking Katanga, and consequently fractured. Several FLNC fighters and ex-gendarmes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katangese_Tigers
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2021-12-28T11:58:54Z
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