Lumumba, Congo

The assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, serves as a profound example of how attempts to erase a leader can be met with unexpected resilience ...
the intensifying mpox outbreak places additional strain on the Democratic Republic of Congo and surrounding African nations; heightened security tensions spur the United States, keeping nuclear ...
A fascinating new documentary by Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez, 'Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat' shines a light on a ...
Patrice Lumumba (centre) is tied up by Joseph Mobutu's soldiers ... essay on US jazz and imperial skullduggery intersecting ...
The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - continues to perform poorly. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined ...
Congo’s government has accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of “ethnic cleansing” in the central African nation’s east.