Congo Crisis: Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.

Congo Crisis

1960–1965 conflict in Central Africa

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 and ended, unofficially, with the entire country under the rule of…