Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An zabi Patrice Lumumba a matsayin Firayim Minista na farko na Jamhuriyar Congo, yanzu Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Congo, a watan Mayu 1960, kuma a watan Yunin 1960, kasar ta sami cikakken 'yanci daga Belgium. A watan Yuli, Rikicin Kwango
ya barke tare da tawaye tsakanin sojojin, sannan yankunan Katanga da Kasai ta Kudu sun yi nasara tare da goyon bayan Belgium, wadanda ke son ci gaba da iko a kan albarkatun yankin, suna fara rikicin Congo. Lumumba ya kira Majalisar Dinkin Duniya don taimaka masa, amma rundunar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta amince kawai ta ci gaba da zaman lafiya kuma ba ta dakatar da ƙungiyoyin 'yan tawaye ba. Daga nan Lumumba ya yarda ya karbi taimako daga Tarayyar Soviet don dakatar da 'yan tawaye, yana damuwa da Amurka, saboda wadatar uranium a kasar. Da farko, Gwamnatin Eisenhower ta shirya guba shi da maganin haƙoransa, amma an yi watsi da wannan. CIA ta aika da jami'in CIA Dr. Sydney Gottlieb tare da guba don yin hulɗa tare da asusun CIA na Afirka mai suna WI / Rogue wanda zai kashe Lumumba, amma Lumumba ya ɓoye kafin a kammala aikin. Amurka ta karfafa Mobutu Sese Seko, colonel a cikin sojojin, don kawar da shi wanda ya yi a ranar 14 ga Satumba, 1960. Bayan an kulle shi a kurkuku, Mobutu ya aika da shi zuwa Katanga, kuma an kashe shi ba da daɗewa ba a ranar 17 ga Janairu, 1961.