Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 5 ga Yuli, 1960, kwanaki biyar bayan sabuwar Jamhuriyar Kwango ta sami 'yanci daga Belgium, membobin "Force Publique" (Dutch: "Openbare Weermacht") garrison kusa da Léopoldville / Leopoldstad sun yi tawaye. Sojojin Afirka, sun fusata da cewa 'yancin kai bai kawo canji sosai ga matsayinsu ba, sun kori jami'ansu 1,000 na Belgium daga tsarin umarni. Sabuwar gwamnatin ta yi jinkirin amsawa, ta ba da damar yanayin firgici ya bunkasa tsakanin mazauna mazauna 120,000 da ke zaune a yankin yayin da ƙungiyoyin 'yan tawayen ke kai hari kan maƙasudin Turai da yawa, suna kai hari da kashewa ba tare da hukunci ba. Yunkurin Belgium na kare 'yan kasarta da karfin soja kawai ya tsananta yanayin; a cikin kwanaki goma na' yancin kai fararen ma'aikatan gwamnati suna yin hijira a cikin taro. Kamar yadda
Rikicin rikice-rikicen Congo ya ci gaba, yawancin fararen fata na majalisa sun tsere daga rikice-rikicen da ke ci gaba, suna fama da mummunan rauni ga tsarin shari'a na kasarsu <unk> wanda wasu manyan masu sa ido suka yi la'akari da cewa "mafi munin bala'i a cikin wannan jerin bala'i".