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.

Listen to Patrice Lumumba's announcing Belgian Congo's independence followed by an Independence cha-cha-cha Within days things fell apart. The army mutinied against Belgian officers. The main ...

Rwanda's recent suspension of development cooperation with Belgium isn't just another diplomatic dispute in Central and Eastern Africa – it's more like a restraining order on an abusive ex. This ...

and remained basically unaltered until Patrice Lumumba's death. O'Brien then dealt in passing with the crisis provoked by Moscow's unwillingness to pay for U.N. operations in the Congo.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Patrice Lumumba, the first Congo Prime Minister. [File, Standard] Although the internment ...

The country then sank into a major political crisis, marked by the assassination of its Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba, in 1961. Faced with this situation, the UN deployed the UN Operation in the ...

fast-moving narrative about the 1960 Congo Crisis, the assassination of Congo’s prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, and the role that American jazz music played in the saga. And in turn ...

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