of Katanga (French: Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga; CONAKAT) was one of the main political parties in the Belgian Congo and was led...

leader of the local Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga (CONAKAT) political party. The new Katangese state did not enjoy full support throughout...

becoming involved in politics, cofounding the pro-Western, anti-communist CONAKAT party in 1958 and advocating for autonomy for Katanga province. Following...

of the Kongo. The Confédération des Associations Tribales du Katanga (CONAKAT), a localist party led by Moïse Tshombe, was the third major organisation;...

from the southern portions of the country and succeeded the Katanga-based CONAKAT party. Political parties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC: Electoral...

Kasaï region founded the Confederation of Tribal Associations of Katanga (CONAKAT), a regionalist political party. On 30 June 1960, the Congo became independent...

with its composition. Confederation of Tribal Associations of Katanga (CONAKAT) members abstained from voting. When arguments concluded, a decisive vote...

and had to step down as CONAKAT president in favour of Moïse Tshombe. By 1960, he was the second man in the nationalist CONAKAT party, alongside Moise...

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Munongo, rival politicians from the ethnically-nationalist pro-Western CONAKAT party. Lumumba expresses his Pan-Africanist ideals, expressed at a recent...