Soundtrack to a Coup d’État is a phenomenal film—brilliantly crafted. Johan Grimonprez unearths truths about the overthrow of Congo’s first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, that history tried to sever ...

Just two months after Congo’s independence, Lumumba was dismissed as prime minister and placed under house arrest. He briefly managed to flee but was captured again in December ... in a bid to restore ...

Now there is a much greater recognition of the harm Belgium caused in Belgian Congo and Rwanda. Under Belgian rule the ...

The Congolese government has not spoken publicly about the situation in the city on Sunday, and the capture of Bukavu ... trading hubs in Congo’s mineral-rich east. Image Volunteers overseeing ...

Rwanda-backed rebels captured a second major strategic city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, expanding their dominance ...

Volker Türk said Tuesday that his office "confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city ...

The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...

Rebel forces have been seen in the center of Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ...

The rebels have been trying to push south towards Bukavu since they seized Goma, the largest city in eastern Congo, at the end of last month. The capture of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu ...