A bright example of saving a country from becoming a defaulter:-
After the independence of the Congo in 1960, the owners of the big Swiss banks met with the first Prime Minister of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba (1961-1925), and he said that they would give the newly independent country of the Congo only three days to do so. They should pay back all the loans their banks gave them to the CongoIt was given at the time of independence from Belgium so that it can stand on its feet as soon as possible, otherwise, if it does not return the loan, it will declare Congo as a defaulter and take all its resources under its custody!
Petrus Lumumba accepted their challenge and formed a "Special Task Force" with the mission to go to the remote areas of the country that were held by the rebels and find many precious diamonds. brought what the "whites" had kept in their vaults so that they could get these diamonds. Otherwise, they would have to hand over these diamonds to the Congolese government before going to Europe
This special force accomplished its mission with great bravery and handed over all those diamonds to the usurer Swiss bankers before the scheduled time and thus, with the timely foresight of a great people's leader, a great country like Congo which is rich in natural resources. Saved from default!
This true story has been written in detail by the famous South African novelist Wilbur Smith (2021-1933) in his best-selling novel "Dark of the sun" (the time of the sun's rise or dawn) because this great According to the novelist, it was the beginning of the rise of a new nation!
The second picture is of the great Congolese leader Patrice Lumamba, who was shot dead on January 17, 1961 at the age of 35 in Lumambashi, a town near the border with Zambia in the south of the Congo. went !
Kenyan Zambia was then ruled by the British in what was then called "Northern Rhodesia" while Zimbabwe was called "Southern Rhodesia" - so it is speculated that this sincere people's leader was killed. I was the hand of the British!
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