The Congolese independence leader’s uncompromising speech about 80 years of European colonial brutality and injustice went ...

Patrice Lumumba had his body dissolved in acid in 1961, and his gold-capped tooth - his only remains - was kept in Belgium ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the second-largest nation in sub-Saharan Africa, with a rapidly growing population of more than 100 million. The DRC is endowed with exceptional natural ...

CIA Director, Allen Dulles, labelled him “a Castro in Africa.” President Eisenhower reportedly gave the order for his assassination. In classified 1960 cables and memos, Lumumba was ...

The Foreign Ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are expected in Washington D.C. on Friday to sign a peace agreement aimed at easing tensions between the two countries. The ...

The following is a sample chapter from my novel The United States of Africa . ldquo;I propose to show how in practice African ...

Sixty-five years after the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, a key figure in the Congolese independence movement, the ...

Belgian prosecutors have announced plans to bring charges against 92-year-old former diplomat Etienne Davignon over his ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Congo and Rwanda will sign a peace agreement in Washington on June 27 that aims to ending fighting in eastern Congo, the two countries and the U.S. State Department said.

Highlights : EU and EIB provide CFA27 billion to fund Congo’s Digital Acceleration Project (PATN) Investment targets education, health systems, administrative interconnection, and youth training ...

Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have initialed a peace agreement aimed at ending the conflict in eastern DRC -- a document to be formally signed on June 27.

On June 30, 1960, Patrice Lumumba freed the Congo from Belgian colonial rule and became the country's first prime minister. He promised democracy, prosperity and an end to the exploitation of ...