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Confederation of Tribal Associations of Katanga
Confédération des Associations tribales du Katanga
PresidentMoïse Tshombe
FoundersMoïse Tshombe
Godefroid Munongo
Dominique Diur
Évariste Kimba
Albert Nyembo
Rodolphe Yav
Founded1958
Dissolved1965
HeadquartersÉlisabethville, Katanga State of Katanga
IdeologyKatangese nationalism
Tribalism
Anti-communism
Political positionRight-wing
National affiliationCONACO (1965)

The Confederation of Tribal Associations of Katanga (French: Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga, or CONAKAT) was one of the main political parties in the Belgian Congo and was led by the pro-Western regionalist Moïse Tshombe and his interior minister, Godefroid Munongo. It became the ruling party of the State of Katanga whose declaration of independence sparked the Congo Crisis.

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Godefroid Munongo

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1960 Belgian Congo general election

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South Kasai

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Joseph Yav

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Joseph Kiwele

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elected as a provincial MP for the Baudouinville territory, now on a list of CONAKAT, political party of Moïse Tshombe and Godefroid Munongo. Eleven days after...

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Formation of the Lumumba Government

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1965 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election

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Katangese Air Force

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three attack aircraft delivered by the CIA. In 1960, the leader of the CONAKAT party Moïse Tshombe, declared Katanga Province's secession from Congo-Léopoldville...

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February 1965

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Operation Grandslam

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locally entrenched Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga (CONAKAT), Moïse Tshombe, at first banned the UN from entering his territory and...

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