Africa: Katanga’s Threatened Giant. 3 minute read. TIME. January 18, 1963 12:00 AM GMT-5. Though its mines provided the uranium for the Nagasaki and Hiroshima A-bombs, the durable giant known as ...

Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo is blessed with enormous natural wealth, including vast deposits of precious minerals such as diamonds, gold, and tantalum. Katanga saw a ...

As he flew westward, angry voices pursued him. At least for the moment, his backdown over Katanga had dented U.N. prestige in Africa. Both Guinea’s Premier Sékou Touré and Ghana’s President ...

April 23, 2013: Trouble continues to plague the eastern Congo, but at the moment rising tensions in the Congo’s southern regions has the attention of the UN and several foreign governments. Troubles ...

At 10:10am, judge arrives in court.Court clerk calls up the case file as the suspects stand up.Prosecutor Wakooli: My Lord, appearance is as yesterday (Tuesday). My lord, hearing continues today ...

Central African Mining & Exploration Co., a producer of copper and cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo, agreed to buy an 18.3 percent stake in Katanga Mining Ltd., raising its holding to 29 ...

Germain Katanga stood impassive and motionless as the judge read the final judgment summary, where he was pronounced guilty on five counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Today’s ...

Few sites in Africa yielded as large a supply of copper ore as the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Due to its scarcity, the "red" metal was associated with kings, ... Visionary ...