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Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
Congo Crisis
Belgium reluctantly granted its Congo colony independence in June 1960 but delayed ceding control of the armed forces to the ...
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Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
UN Operation in the Congo
United Nations forces arrived in the Congo in late July 1960, replacing the Belgian troops there. However, the UN refused ...
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Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
French Withdrawal from Equatorial Africa
August 1960 was the high point in the Year of Africa, with nine nations gaining independence from France between the ...
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Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
Fall of Lumumba
Faced with revolts in Katanga and South Kasai and losing faith in the UN, PM Lumumba of the Congo asked ...
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Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
Year of Africa ends
In mid-September 1960 Colonel Mobutu ended the governmental crisis in the Congo by seizing control and imprisoning PM Lumumba. Lumumba ...
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Sub-Saharan Africa 1961
Discord over the Congo
The deposing and later assassination of Congolese PM Lumumba divided the United Nations. The Eastern Bloc countries and many of ...
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Sub-Saharan Africa 1961
UN Action Against Katanga
A major step towards defusing the Congo Crisis occurred in August 1961, when Gizenga agreed to recognize the government in ...
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Sub-Saharan Africa 1963
Kenyan Independence
Due to political resistance from the white settler population, Kenya did not gain independence from the UK until December 1963 ...
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Sub-Saharan Africa 1964
Simba Rebellion
In 1964 the United Nations withdrew its troops from the Congo, exposing the nation to a new outbreak of unrest ...