Round 5: Tossup 7

In this country, several Irish UN peacekeepers were attacked in the Niemba ambush by members of its (10[1])Luba people. In the 1930s, both the German nuclear program and the Manhattan Project sourced uranium from this modern-day country’s (10[1])Shinkolobwe (“shin-koh-LOH-bway”) Mine. In 1960, the MNC joined with Joseph Kasa-Vubu’s ABAKO party 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 a ceasefire in the Katanga War, part of a “Crisis” in this country that led to the rise of Mobutu Sese-Seko. (10[1])For 10 points, name this country first led by Patrice Lumumba from Kinshasa. ■END■ (10[1])

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