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Bookmark or Share- Katanga: The Congo's Forgotten Crisis | Crisis GroupKatanga province is one of the most violent yet neglected regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- State of Katanga - WikipediaThe State of Katanga (French: État du Katanga; Swahili: Inchi Ya Katanga), also known as the Republic of Katanga, was a breakaway state that proclaimed its independence from Congo-Léopoldville on 11 July 1960 under Moise Tshombe, leader of the local Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga (CONAKAT) political party. The new ...
- Katanga | Copperbelt, Belgian Congo, Congo Free State | BritannicaKatanga, historical region in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, bordering Lake Tanganyika to the east, Zambia to the south, and Angola to the west. The name Shaba, the region’s name during the Zairean period, comes from the Swahili word for copper, and the region’s mines yield most of.
- Katanga’s Secessionism in the Democratic Republic of CongoEven today, Katanga is widely understood, exclusively or primarily, as the result of outside manipulation; Ludo de Witte’s otherwise exemplary investigation of the assassination of Lumumba suggests: “Officially, power was held by Africans in secessionist Katanga. In fact, Belgians were pulling all the strings.” 1.
- History of Katanga - WikipediaHistory of Katanga. This is a history of Katanga Province and the former independent State of Katanga, as well as the history of the region prior to colonization.
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