Congo – Duty of memory: Bernard Kolelas led the commando who had President Fulbert Youlou escaped in 1964

On the morning of 26 March 1964, the Voice of the Congolese Revolution announced the escape of President Fulbert Youlou, a time in prison at the Djoué gendarmerie camp in Brazzaville, then placed under house arrest, pending his trial, for which the revolutionaries promised him the death penalty. Exfiled by a commando who showed courage and boldness, the former president found asylum in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since then, this episo…