Sub-Saharan Africa, 05 Sep 1960: Fall of Lumumba
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Political map of Sub-Saharan Africa on 05 Sep 1960 (Wind of Change: Fall of Lumumba), showing the following events: Independence of Senegal; South Kasai Campaign; Dismissal of Lumumba; UN intervention in the Congo.

Union of

South Africa

The

Congo(back. UN)

Mozambique(Port.)

Aden Prot.(UK prot.)

South
West
Africa(SAfr. adm.)

Muscat
& Oman(UK prot.)

Cape
Verde(Port.)

Tanganyika(UK T.T.)

Mali
Federation

Rhodesia
&
Nyasaland(UK col. fed.)

Southern
Sudan(insurgency)

Yemen(fed. UAR)

Saharan
Region(Fr. terr.)

Bechuana-
land(Br. H.C.T.)

Uganda(UK prot.)

Sierra Leone(UK)

Pt. Guinea(Port.)

Sp. Sahara(Sp.)

Mauritania(Fr.)

Walvis Bay(SWA adm.)

Katanga(Bel. back.)

Borkou-Ennedi-
Tibesti(Fr. adm.)

Central African
Rep.

Zanzibar(UK prot.)

S.T. & P.(Port.)

Tristan da Cunha

20 Aug 1960Senegal withdraws
from Mali Federation

23–27 Aug 1960Congolese government
suppresses South Kasai

5 Sep 1960Pres. Kasa-Vubu
dismisses PM Lumumba

5–6 Sep 1960UN closes airports and
radio in the Congo

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