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 life and cruel death of Patrice Lumumba June 30, 1960 was supposed to be a moment of hope for Congo, as it achieved independence from Belgium, its long-time colonial overlord. Yet, within a year, ...

Patrice Lumumba, who helped lead Congo’s struggle from a Belgian colony into an independent republic and became its first Prime Minister, was wildly popular – not just in Congo but in the entire ...

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

By 1959, Belgium began to lose control in Congo following nationalist protests in Leopoldville. The country gained independence in 1960, with Patrice Lumumba as Prime Minister.

After two years of conflict, 24.6 million people in Sudan face acute food insecurity—nearly half the population, according to ...