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.

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

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

With Patrice Lumumba safely in jail, quieter times might presumably be expected in the Congo. Not so. To Military Boss Colonel Joseph Mobutu’s headquarters came an alarming telegram from ...

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 ...

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 ...

M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...

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 ...

The United Nations has 14,000 of its blue helmet soldiers in the Kivu region, and this past December, 14 blue helmets were killed. The countries that make up the Southern African Development Community ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is trapped in an unrelenting cycle of conflict, displacement, and humanitarian suffering ...

The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is once again in the ... which culminated in the assassination of popular leader Patrice Lumumba and the three-decade military rule ...