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Congo Crisis
Sign in to saveAlso known as Congo Civil War (1960-1965), Civil War (Congo : 1960-1965)
1960–1965 war fought in the Congo
Key facts
- Date
- Date 5 July 1960 – 25 November 1965, (5 years, 4 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
- Location
- Republic of the Congo
- Result
- The Congo established as an independent unitary state under the authoritarian presidency of Mobutu Sese Seko .
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Encyclopedic overview
Belligerents
1960–1963: Republic of the Congo
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Congo Crisis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.