Sub-Saharan Africa, 24 Feb 1961: Discord over the Congo
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Political map of Sub-Saharan Africa on 24 Feb 1961 (Africa and the Cold War: Discord over the Congo), showing the following events: Gizenga’s expansion; Casablanca Group; Assassination of Lumumba; UN discord over the Congo; Outbreak of Angolan War.

Union of

South Africa

Mozambique(Port.)

The

Congo(UN pres.)

Aden Prot.(UK prot.)

South
West
Africa(SAfr. adm.)

Muscat
& Oman(UK prot.)

Cape
Verde(Port.)

Tanganyika(UK T.T.)

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.)

Walvis Bay(SWA adm.)

Katanga(Bel. back.)

Borkou-Ennedi-
Tibesti(Fr. adm.)

Free Rep.
of Congo
(Gizenga)

Central African
Rep.

Zanzibar(UK prot.)

S.T. & P.(Port.)

Tristan da Cunha

25 Dec 1960–24 Feb 1961Gizenga overruns the
central & southern Congo

3–7 Jan 1961Anti-Western African nations
form Casablanca Group

17 Jan 1961Katangan authorities
murder Lumumba

3 Feb–28 Apr 1961UN forces clash with both
Congolese governments

4 Feb 1961Unrest in Luanda marks
start of Angolan War
of Independence

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