Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Apo Belgian Congo yakawana rusununguko rwayo muna 1960, nyika yacho yakakurumidza kupinda mu
hondo yevagari vemo. Mazana anoverengeka avanhu vachena akabatwa nhapwa, uye Belgium yakatumira mauto kuCongo kuvasunungura uye kudzivirira fariro dzayo. Patrice Lumumba, Mutungamiriri wehurumende wokutanga weCongo, akapondwa. Purovhinzi yakapfuma yeKatanga, nokukurumidza ichiteverwa nechikamu chokumabvazuva cheKasai, yakanga ichiedza kuwana rusununguko. Sezvo vakanga vakapfuma mumhangura, cobalt namadhayamondi, vaidavira kuti vaizova vari nani vasina mamwe mativi eCongo. Kurwisana kwechisimba pakati peboka raida kupatsanuka neboka raida kubatana kwakakurumidza kutanga.