Moïse Tshombe
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Moïse Kapenda Tshombe was a Congolese businessman and politician. He served as the president of the secessionist State of Katanga from 1960 to 1963 and as prime minister of the Democratic Republic of
Tshombe in France, 1963
Tshombe at the Belgo-Congolese Round Table Conference, 1960
Tshombe in Katanga, 1962
Prime Minister Tshombe touring Stanleyville in 1964
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
Moïse Tshombe
…Accusing Lumumba of communist sympathies, Tshombe declared Katanga's independence as the breakaway State of Katanga, becoming a major actor of the Congo Crisis. Following Lumumba's overthrow and execution by Tshombe's supporters in 1961, the Katanga rebellion was suppressed in 1963, forcing Tshombe into exile…
UN Baluba camp
Wounded Swedish ONUC soldier
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