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In this country, several Irish UN peacekeepers were attacked in the Niemba ambush by members (10[1])of its Luba people. (10[2])In the 1930s, both the German nuclear program and the Manhattan Project sourced uranium from (10[1])this modern-day country’s (10[1]-5[1])Shinkolobwe (“shin-koh-LOH-bway”) Mine. In 1960, the MNC joined with Joseph Kasa-Vubu’s ABAKO party (-5[1])in this country, which fought a secessionist movement led by Moïse Tshombe (“mo-EEZ SHOM-bay”). Dag Hammarskjöld (“HAM-er-schuld”) died in a plane crash while traveling to negotiate (10[1])a ceasefire in the Katanga War, part of a “Crisis” (10[1])in this country that led to the rise of Mobutu Sese-Seko. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this country first led by Patrice Lumumba from Kinshasa. (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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