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* 1960 – Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
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1960 and Congo
When the Congo received its independence in 1960 there were, among its 13.5 million people, exactly 14 university graduates.
But by the end of the three-month period, in October 1960, something approaching calm settled on the Congo.
From October 1960 to February 1961, the U.N. forces in the Congo took little action.
* 1960 – South Kasai secedes from the Congo.
* 1960 – Republic of the Congo ( Brazzaville ) becomes independent from France.
* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960.
The renamed Belgian Congo came under the administration of the Belgian parliament, which lasted until independence was granted in 1960.
At the end of the Conference on 27 January 1960 it was announced that elections would be held in the Congo on 22 May 1960, and full independence granted on 30 June 1960.
The Congo was indeed granted its independence on 30 June 1960, adopting the name " Republic of the Congo " ( République du Congo ).
Parliamentary elections in 1960 produced the nationalist Patrice Lumumba as prime minister and pro-Western Joseph Kasavubu as president of the renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
A constitution was approved by voters and on 30 July 2006 the Congo held its first multi-party elections since independence in 1960.
* Republic of The Congo aka Congo-Leopoldville ( 1960 – 64 )
It was also, arguably, in the first steps of the Congo into independence, the underlying cause of the crisis between Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba and President Joseph Kasa Vubu, who ultimately dismissed each other, in 1960.
Ill-advised actions by Belgian officers led to an enlisted ranks ' rebellion on 5 July 1960, which helped spark the Congo Crisis.
The various efforts made by ONUC to retrain the ANC from August 1960 to their effective end in June 1963 are described in Arthur House's book The UN in the Congo: The Civilian Operations, pages 145-155.
Ethiopia was a charter member of the United Nations and took part in UN operations in Korea in 1951 and the Congo in 1960.
* 1960 – Congo gains independence from Belgium.
* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Democratic Republic of the Congo from Belgium in 1960.
* 1960 – Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
From 1 March 1926 to 30 June 1960, Ruanda-Urundi was in administrative union with the neighbouring colony of Belgian Congo.
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