The Port Francqui incident, also known as the Port Francqui massacre, was an incident during the Congo Crisis where rogue Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (ANC) forces engaged in combat with UN peacekeepers, primarily from Ghana.[1][2][3][4]
It resulted in the largest loss of life the Ghanaian Armed Forces have ever suffered while peacekeeping.
^Jong, Ben De (2003). Peacekeeping Intelligence: Emerging Concepts for the Future. OSS International Press. p. 271. ISBN 9780971566125.
^Dorn, A. Walter; Bell, David J.H. (Spring 1995). "Intelligence and Peacekeeping: The UN Operation in the Congo 1960–64" (PDF). International Peacekeeping. 2 (1): 26. doi:10.1080/13533319508413535. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
The PortFrancquiincident, also known as the PortFrancqui massacre, was an incident during the Congo Crisis where rogue Armed Forces of the Democratic...
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