Pat Quinlan led a company of Irish UN peacekeepers during the Siege of Jadotville (“zhah-do-veel”) in this country. A speech proclaiming the independence of this country was perceived as a personal critique of King Baudouin (“boh-DWAN”). The leader who gave that speech formed the ABAKO party with Joseph Kasa-Vubu, who became the first president of this country. While traveling to negotiate the ceasefire of a conflict in this country, (*) Dag Hammarskjöld died in a plane crash. A civil war in this country that began when Moise Tshombe declared himself President of Katanga ended when the government of Mobutu Sese Seko took dictatorial control. For 10 points, a namesake Crisis took place in what Central African country that renamed Léopoldville to Kinshasa. ■END■
ANSWER: Democratic Republic of the Congo [or DRC; accept Congo-Kinshasa before the end]
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