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 ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) confirms that several African presidents with lengthy tenures first came to power through freedom movements. Over time, many used harsh tactics to secure their authority ...

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 ...

Patrice Lumumba was her father. That's why she continues to demand the truth about an assassination for which no one has faced justice.

Belgian prosecutors said on Tuesday that they were seeking to put a 92-year-old former diplomat on trial over the 1961 killing of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba.

Belgian prosecutors said Tuesday that they were seeking to put a 92-year-old former diplomat on trial over the 1961 killing of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba. Etienne Davignon is the only one ...