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Conflict Africa

Congo Crisis

1960 CE – 1965 CE · 5 years

Immediately after independence from Belgium, the Congo descended into chaos with army mutinies, the secession of mineral-rich Katanga, and Cold War proxy intervention. Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba was assassinated with CIA and Belgian involvement. Mobutu's eventual coup began decades of dictatorship.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Central Government (Lumumba, Mobutu)
  • Katanga secessionists, various factions

Key moments

Defining events in the Congo Crisis.

  1. 1960 Katanga secession
  2. 1961-1963 UN operations
  3. 1964 Simba Rebellion

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

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Landmark · Africa

Great Mosque of Touba

1963 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

British Somaliland

1884 CE – 1960 CE

Conflict · Africa

Sand War (Algeria–Morocco)

1963 CE

Landmark · Africa

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Union of South Africa

1910 CE – 1961 CE

Conflict · Africa

Portuguese Colonial Wars

1961 CE – 1974 CE

Landmark · Africa

Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

French Cameroons

1919 CE – 1960 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1960 CE and 1965 CE.

1961 CE Portuguese Colonial Wars 1961 CE Angolan War of Independence 1963 CE Guinea-Bissau War of Independence 1963 CE Great Mosque of Touba 1964 CE Rhodesian Bush War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Carl Jung Figure · Switzerland 1875 CE – 1961 CE Algerian War of Independence Conflict · Europe 1954 CE – 1962 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE
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