Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga

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

The party was started in the 1950s by Tshombe and Munongo. The party believed that the mineral riches of Katanga should be exclusively for the "authentic" ethnic Katangese.

The Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga was formed in November 1958 in response to a developing sociopolitical situation in Katanga Province, Belgian Congo. At the time, immigrants from other parts of the Congo, notably Lulua and Baluba people of Kasai Province, made up 38% of Katanga's population. The "authentic Katangese" and referred to them disparagingly as "strangers".

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