CONAKAT

CONAKAT (or Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga) was one of the three main political parties in the Belgian Congo and was led by the pro-Western regionalist Moïse Tsjombe and his interior minister Godefroid Munongo.

History

The party was started in the 1950s by Moïse Tsjombe and Godefroid Munongo. The party believed that the mineral riches of Katanga should be kept for the genuine people of Katanga.[1]

References

  1. ^ The Congo from Leopold to Kabila, Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, 2002, ISBN 1842770535, accessed February 2009