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Belgians in the Congo. By Ashton, Rebecca, and Jorja. WAKANDA. Background to the Congo Crisis. Congo under Belgian control before WWII; left June 1960 No strong national identity Power vacuum→military mutiny→New gov’t lasted 2 weeks Violence against Europeans Katanga seceded.
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Belgians in the Congo By Ashton, Rebecca, and Jorja
Background to the Congo Crisis • Congo under Belgian control before WWII; left June 1960 • No strong national identity • Power vacuum→military mutiny→New gov’t lasted 2 weeks • Violence against Europeans • Katanga seceded PM Lumumba (Congo) and PM Eyskens (Belgium)
Description • UN- Withdraw troops, ONUC, resolution 143, 10,000 troops • Lumumba appealed to USSR to reunify, failed • U.S. funded overthrow by Mobutu • United by Adoula, wanted UN help to unify • August 1961 - 5000 UN troops failed in Katanga • September 1961 - UN Secretary General died • New SG led Grand Slam → Success! U Thant, UN Secretary General
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Effects of the Congo Crisis • Secretary general vital to make policies in UN • Reveals success of UN force • UN provided humanitarian aid→prevented disease and famine • USSR proposed new leadership in UN→lost popular support • Differing views created chaos and is still a problem today Congo opposition supporters demonstrate in rally against modern day president
Terms and People • PM Patrice Lumumba • Moise Tshombe • Colonel Joseph Mobutu • Cyrille Adoula • Dag Hammarskjöld • U Thant Plane crash that killed Dag Hammarskjöld
Impact on Cold War • Defined role of UN Secretary General • Mobutu seen as anti-communist→supported by US • UN could use force if necessary Mobutu and Nixon
Works Cited Hurst, Ryan. “Congo Civil War.” BlackPast (15 July 2009) https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/congo-civil-war-1960-1964/ Willame, Jean-Claude. “Patrice Lumumba: La Crise Congolaise Revisté.” Congopresse (1960). Accessed on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Congo “U Thant.” United Nations Secretary General. (n.d) https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/u-thant “US: Political Crisis Building in Democratic Republic of Congo.” VOA (10 February 2016). https://www.voanews.com/a/us-political-crisis-building-remocratic-republic-congo/3185552.html