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In this country, several Irish UN peacekeepers were attacked in the Niemba ambush by members (-5[1])of its Luba people. In the 1930s, (10[1])both the German nuclear program and the Manhattan Project sourced uranium (10[2])from this modern-day (10[3])country’s Shinkolobwe (“shin-koh-LOH-bway”) Mine. In 1960, the MNC joined with Joseph Kasa-Vubu’s ABAKO party in this country, (10[1])which fought a secessionist movement led by Moïse Tshombe (10[1])(“mo-EEZ SHOM-bay”). Dag Hammarskjöld (“HAM-er-schuld”) died in a plane crash while traveling to negotiate a ceasefire in the Katanga War, part of a “Crisis” in this country (-5[1])that led (10[1])to the rise of Mobutu Sese-Seko. (10[1])For 10 points, name this country first led by Patrice Lumumba from Kinshasa. (10[1])■END■

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