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Congo Crisis

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Publisher
Wikipedia
Original language
en
Link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_CrisisAccessed 23 September 2026

Editorial annotation

General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on the 1960-1965 Congo Crisis: the Force Publique mutiny of 5 July 1960, the Katanga secession under Moïse Tshombe (11 July 1960) and the South Kasai secession under Albert Kalonji (9 August 1960), and an estimated death toll of roughly 100,000 across the crisis; the crisis ended with Joseph Mobutu's 25 November 1965 coup.

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