Political stability and instability

Question 1

What occurred after independence?

Answer 1

Mutiny occurred in the army

Question 2

Define mutiny

Answer 2

Open rebellion against authority

Question 3

Why did Congolese soldiers participate in a mutiny?

Answer 3

They no longer wish to be exploited by their Belgian offices

Question 4

What did the riots demand?

Answer 4

Africanisation of the Armanini

Question 5

What did Lumumba pleads for at first?

Answer 5

Them to Abbe some of the little Jamette command of the Belgium’s

Question 6

What is the mutineers threaten to do?

Answer 6

Intensify their protest

Question 7

How did the member respond to the intensifying of their protest?

Answer 7

Dismiss 1100 Belgian offices

Question 8

What type of violence continue to spread?

Answer 8

People were raped, why Congolese were treated badly

Question 9

How many Belgian national is fled?

Answer 9

25,000

Question 10

Where did the Belgian national flee to?

Answer 10

French Congo

Question 11

How did bell gym still power over the army?

Answer 11

Maintaining the leadership of the army

Question 12

What made a mockery of conga these independence?

Answer 12

Belgium created an impression that they still needed assistance with add ministrative issues

Question 13

When did the mutiny take place?

Answer 13

1960

Question 14

When did Lumumba face another setback?

Answer 14

Separatist tribal groups in Katanga and Kasai declared independence of their par Vinces

Question 15

Define separatist

Answer 15

One who advocate cultural, ethnic or racial separation

Question 16

Who led the separatists in Katanga?

Answer 16

Moise Tshombe

Question 17

Who supported Tshombe in the separation of Katanga?

Answer 17

Valjean mining company that owns and administered Katanga is rich mines

Question 18

Why did Belgian troops free?

Answer 18

In order to protect their economic interests

Question 19

Why was there a little doubt that can’t always in a critical situation?

Answer 19

1. Army was highly reliable – developed into a dangerous mob
2. Government authority collapse
3. White population fled - economy depended
4. Katanga secession tear country apart

Question 20

What is Congo politically stable under Mobutu?

Answer 20

Highly politically stable

Question 21

Did the country remained unified when the provinces attempted to break away?

Answer 21

Remained unified

Question 22

Why was a sense of national unity difficult to establish?

Answer 22

Many different ethnic group with different allegiances and different languages

Question 23

What was there not enough of to protect the democracy?

Answer 23

Not sufficient checks and balances

Question 24

How long was Congo rude as a one-party state and dictatorship?

Answer 24

32 years

Question 25

Why was there no freedom of speech?

Answer 25

Mobutu created a regime of terror to crush or opposition

Question 26

How did Mobutu keep officials loyal?

Answer 26

Bribing them

Question 27

What was the corruption described as?

Answer 27

Rife

Question 28

What threatened the countries ability to charge it on course?

Answer 28

Dependent on Western countries for financial aid and military support

Question 29

How was the USA only give financial support?

Answer 29

Agreed to implement a capitalist system

Question 30

What threatened the sovereignty of the country?

Answer 30

Powerful western business

Question 31

How many civil wars did the country experience?

Answer 31

Two civil wars

Question 32

What conflict spilled into Congo?

Answer 32

Rwanda

Question 33

What were the human rights like?

Answer 33

Not protected Women's rights badly neglected

Question 34

What was there a lack of?

Answer 34

Transparency

Question 35

When did Mobutu face a crisis?

Answer 35

1964

Question 36

What was the crisis?

Answer 36

Simba rebellion against the government

Question 37

What does Simba mean?

Answer 37

Lion in Swahili

Question 38

What did Simba capture?

Answer 38

Stanleyville and şey up rebel government

Question 39

What happened as the rebel movement spread?

Answer 39

Discipline began to break down and serious acts of terror and violence were committed

Question 40

How many civilians were executed in Stanleyville

Answer 40

Thousands in front of Lumumba's monument

Question 41

Who was chosen to lead the central government against the rebellious province?

Answer 41

Moise Tshombe

Question 42

Who did Tshombe recruit?

Answer 42

White mercenaries

Question 43

Define mercenaries

Answer 43

People who serve merely for wages. Associated with the professional soldier or someone who is hired by a political entity to fight in a conflict

Question 44

How was the struggle put down?

Answer 44

Age of Belgium and American paratroops

Question 45

Where became an area of conflict in 1977?

Answer 45

Shaba (Zaire) and Angola

Question 46

Why was there a conflict with Angola?

Answer 46

Mobutu supported UNITA and FNLA in Angolan civil war

Question 47

On the 8th of March 1977 in Shaba who was attacked?

Answer 47

2000 members of Front for the National Liberation of Congo (FNLC)

Question 48

FNLC

Answer 48

National Liberation of Congo

Question 49

What did the National Liberation of Congo capture?

Answer 49

Many towns and occupied the copper mining town of Kolwezi

Question 50

Who did the National Liberation of Congo want to overthrow?

Answer 50

Mobutu

Question 51

Who supported Mobutu in his international aid for assistance?

Answer 51

1500 Moroccan trip supported by France. Belgium and the USA

Question 52

What was the result of the attack on Shaba?

Answer 52

70,000 Congolese sought safety in refugee camps

Question 53

What led to the defeat of FNLC?

Answer 53

Attack Shaba second time