Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan Congo ta kasance
An ba da 'yancin kai a watan Yunin 1960, Katanga ya zama lardin mai cin gashin kansa. A ranar 11 ga Yuli, 1960, Katanga ta rabu da sabuwar gwamnatin Kwango ta Patrice Lumumba, ta ayyana 'yancin kai a karkashin Moise Tshombe, shugaban wata jam'iyya ta gida, CONAKAT ("Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga": Tarayyar kungiyoyin kabilun Katanga). Duk da wannan, sabuwar gwamnatin Katangese ba ta da goyon baya a duk lardin, musamman ba a yankunan arewacin Baluba ba.