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The Congo Crisis (1960-1965) was a period of turmoil in the First Republic of the Congo that began with national independence from Belgium and ended with the seizing of power by Joseph Mobutu. At various points it had the characteristics of anti-colonial struggle, a secessionist war with the province of Katanga, a United Nations peacekeeping operation, and a Cold War proxy battle between the United States and the Soviet Union. In recognition of the failure of the word "crisis" to convey this complexity, some authors
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Extensive information on the Great Lakes Crisis (Rwanda, Burundi, Congo (Kinshasa) ), an extensive collection of newspaper articles, newswire stories, UN reports, etc. Maintained by the UN Dept. of Humanitarian Affairs. http://www.reliefweb.int
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As the UN prepares to send a team to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to catalogue human rights abuses from 1993 to 2003, a new crisis has erupted in North Kivu province in the east of the country. Mark Tran looks at the reasons behind the renewed conflict.
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Although Mobutu succeeded in taking power, his position was soon threatened by the Kisangani Mutinies... known as the Stanleyville Mutinies or Mercenaries' Mutinies, which were a direct continuation of the Congo Crisis and involved the same political actors. The First Kisangani Mutiny (or First Stanleyville Mutiny or First Mercenaries' Mutiny) was in 1966, the Second was in 1967.
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