In this first use of air power in the Congo crisis, ground fire from ... by his own troops and that Lumumba was freed. But when it was all over, Patrice Lumumba still sat in jail.

The conflict in the country now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been going on for decades. Historical grievances, governance failures, and social injustices have plunged this diverse ...

Now there is a much greater recognition of the harm Belgium caused in Belgian Congo and Rwanda. Under Belgian rule the ...

Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; ...

In theory, both Patrice Lumumba and his ambitions were safely ... the Belgian-run trust territory on the Congo’s eastern edge. There the Belgians, who clearly were in on the game, smilingly ...

A rebel outfit that easily dispatches the national army, doing so with lightning speed, must surely have external benefactors doing the propping and supplying the military wherewithal ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

fast-moving narrative about the 1960 Congo Crisis, the assassination of Congo’s prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, and the role that American jazz music played in the saga. And in turn ...

Listen to Patrice Lumumba's announcing Belgian Congo's independence followed by an Independence cha-cha-cha Within days things fell apart. The army mutinied against Belgian officers. The main ...

and remained basically unaltered until Patrice Lumumba's death. O'Brien then dealt in passing with the crisis provoked by Moscow's unwillingness to pay for U.N. operations in the Congo.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Patrice Lumumba, the first Congo Prime Minister. [File, Standard] Although the internment ...