Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… Independence in the Congo Independence was granted in 1960, and the country was named the Republic of the Congo. … at the time as a threat to the West. On 5 September 1960, President Kasavubu dismissed Lumumba, and Lumumba … to be the legal central government. On 14 September 1960, power was seized by the Congolese army leader Colonel …