What event marked the beginning of the Congo Crisis?
Lumumba's assassination
Belgian invasion
A mutiny in the army
Soviet Union intervention
Answer
The Congo Crisis began with a mutiny in the army shortly after Congolese independence in June 1960. The crisis was a period of political upheaval and conflict in the newly independent Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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