Congo Crisis
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The Congo Crisis was a period of political upheaval and conflict between 1960 and 1965 in the Republic of the Congo. The crisis began almost immediately after the Congo became independent from Belgium
UN Baluba camp
Wounded Swedish ONUC soldier
Dragonrouge 2
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Mobutu Sese Seko
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Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga, often shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or Mobutu and also known by his initials MSS, was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the first and only
Congo Crisis
…The crisis began almost immediately after the Congo became independent from Belgium and ended, unofficially, with the entire country under the rule of Joseph-Désiré Mobutu. Constituting a series of civil wars, the Congo Crisis was also a proxy conflict in the Cold War, in which the Soviet Union and the United States…
Mobutu in 1983
Mobutu in 1960
Mobutu during a 1963 visit to Israel, where he participated in a shortened IDF paratrooper course
Mobutu (left) with President Kasa-Vubu, 1961