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 ...
Congo’s government says the mausoleum of assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba has been vandalized. It is not ...
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.