The Congo Crisis (French: Crise congolaise) was a period of political upheaval and conflict in the Republic of the Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) between 1960 and 1965. Putting up a united front and completely unwilling to back down, the Congolese representatives got their demand, and the date for Congo’s independence … KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi vowed to root out the corruption and impunity that has hindered the country since its independence from Belgium …
In 1960, Baudouin declared the Belgian colony of Congo independent.

Next week marks the Congo's 60th anniversary of independence from Belgium.

On DRC’s 60th independence: Belgium takes down statue, King regrets colonial violence. First, however, he had to listen to a speech by the Belgian king, Baudouin. The move came after protesters doused it with red paint to symbolize the blood of murdered Congolese.

Sixty years ago today, the Congo won its independence from Belgian rule. The crisis began almost immediately after the Congo became independent from Belgium and ended, unofficially, with the entire country under the rule of Joseph-Désiré Mobutu. The country’s first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, was planning to speak at a formal ceremony in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa). King Baudouin strengthened his relationships with the Katangese politician Moise Tshombé, whom he made a knight in the order of Leopold. In 1960, Baudouin declared the Belgian colony of Congo independent. Baudouin insisted on paying tribute to King Léopold II, who […] During the declaration of independence, Baudouin delivered a highly contested speech in which he celebrated the acts of the first Belgian owner of the Congo, King Leopold II, whom he described as "a genius". By 1959, the year before independence, the Belgian Congo was producing 10 per cent of world's copper, 50 per cent of its cobalt and 70 per cent of industrial diamonds. Patrice Lumumba, left, signs the act of independence of the DR Congo, with then prime minister of Belgium Gaston Eyskens, right, in Leopoldville, the capital before it was later renamed in 1966 to Kinshasa (Jean-Jacques Levy/AP) The vast, mineral-rich country in Central Africa suffered decades of oppression after it was annexed by Belgium in 1908.
At the talks the Congolese demanded immediate independence while the Belgian government preferred a process spanning three to four years. Belgian Congo … In 1908, as a result of international pressure, the Belgian government annexed the Congo Free State to form the Belgian Congo, and ended many of the systems responsible for the abuses. Meanwhile, Belgian authorities in the city of Ghent removed a separate statue of Leopold on Congo’s Independence Day, June 30th. FILE - In this June 30, 1961 file photo, Congo celebrates the first anniversary of independence from Belgium with a large military parade in Leopoldville, the … Constituting a series of civil wars, the Congo Crisis was also a proxy conflict in the Cold War, in which the Soviet Union and the United Statessupported opposi…