:''(You may be looking for the [[First Congo War]], 1996-7, or the [[Second Congo War]], 1998- )''
The '''Congo Crisis''' (1960-1965) was a period of turmoil in the First Republic of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]] that began with national independence from [[Belgium]] and ended with the seizing of power by [[Joseph Mobutu]]. At various points it had the characteristics of a anti-colonial struggle, a secessionist war with the province of [[Katanga]], a [[United Nations]] [[peacekeeping]] operation, and a [[Cold War]] [[war by proxy|proxy battle]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]]. In recognition of the failure of the word "crisis" to convey this complexity, some authors write '''Congo "Crisis"''' or '''"Congo Crisis"'''. The Crisis led to the assassination of prime minister [[Patrice Lumumba]], as well as a traumatic setback to the United Nations following the death of [[Secretary-General]] [[Dag Hammarskjöld]] in a plane crash as he sought to mediate.
