Glossy Glass Flag Of South Kasai De Facto Independent 1960–1962 Stock Photo

Flag of South Kasai de facto independent 1960–1962 was an unrecognised secessionist state within the Republic of the Congo the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congowhich was semi-independent between 1960 and 1962. Initially proposed as only a province, South Kasai sought full autonomy in similar circumstances to the much larger neighbouring state of Katanga, to its south, during the political turmoil arising from the independence of the Belgian Congo known as the Congo Crisis. Unlike Katanga, however, South Kasai did not explicitly declare full independence from the Republic of the Congo or reject Congolese sovereignty.