A group of protestors including Abbey Lincoln and Maya Angelou interrupted the UN General Assembly to protest Patrice Lumumba’s assassination in this state in 1961. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this breakaway state founded by Moise Tshombe during the Congo Crisis.
ANSWER: State of Katanga [accept Republic of Katanga]
[10m] The US pushed for UN military support for Katangan independence to preserve access to this resource mined in the Shinkolobwe mine. Joseph C. Wilson later traveled to Niger to investigate dealings involving this resource, which informed his op-ed “What I Didn’t Find in Africa.”
ANSWER: uranium [or U] (The Shinkolobwe mine supplied much of the Manhattan Project.)
[10h] This Belgian company operated the Shinkolobwe mine. This company bankrolled Katanga with a payment of over one billion Belgian francs to Tshombe then continued tax payments to the Katanga government rather than the central Congolese one.
ANSWER: Union Minière du Haut-Katanga [accept UMHK; accept Umicore]
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