Category: Sub-Saharan Africa

Pages with category: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960: Congo Crisis
Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
Congo Crisis

Belgium reluctantly granted its...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960: UN Operation in the Congo
Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
UN Operation in the Congo

United Nations forces arrived in the...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960: French Withdrawal from Equatorial Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
French Withdrawal from Equatorial Africa

August 1960 was the high point in...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960: Fall of Lumumba
Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
Fall of Lumumba

Faced with revolts in Katanga and...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960: Year of Africa ends
Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
Year of Africa ends

In mid-September 1960 Colonel Mobutu...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1961: Discord over the Congo
Sub-Saharan Africa 1961
Discord over the Congo

The deposing and later assassination...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1961: UN Action Against Katanga
Sub-Saharan Africa 1961
UN Action Against Katanga

A major step towards defusing the...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1962: Independence in East Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa 1962
Independence in East Africa

Tanganyika became independent of the...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1963: Kenyan Independence
Sub-Saharan Africa 1963
Kenyan Independence

Due to political resistance from the...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1964: Simba Rebellion
Sub-Saharan Africa 1964
Simba Rebellion

In 1964 the United Nations withdrew...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1965: Rhodesia Crisis
Sub-Saharan Africa 1965
Rhodesia Crisis

When it began withdrawing from its...

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