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CONGO CRISIS OF 1960-1965

"Congo Civil War"

Joseph Kasavubu

Patrice lumumba

June 23, Patrice Lumumba and the MNC formed the first government, with Lumumba as Congo's first prime minister and Joseph Kasavubu as its president.

The Congo Crisis was a period of turmoil in the First Republic of the Congo that began with national independence from Belgium.

Two months after he took power a sub-committee of the US National Security Council authorized the assassination of Lumumba.

United Nations and Katanga troops going to battle

Moise Tshombe

Christophe Gbenye

Congolese sign depicting the date of their independence

What happened during the Crisis 1960-1965

Che Guevara

1963, Mobutu visited the White House

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