“…A few days earlier, the US military had cooperated with Belgian paratroopers to rescue a group of American hostages in the Congo. 20 The hostage rescue was part of a much larger undertaking aimed at propping up the government of Moise Tshombe, and this operation featured white mercenaries mainly from Rhodesia and South Africa, US bombers, and CIA advisors. 21 On 30 November,14 African states requested an emergency session of the UN Security Council to address these events.…”