In the late 1950s Pan-African activist Andrée Blouin contributed to Sékou Touré’s campaign for independence in Guinea, then ...

With his furious docu-essay I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck caused a stir in 2016. The film about African-American writer James Baldwin and the Civil Rights Movement not only put the Haitian-born Peck ...

The slayings were part of a campaign of rampaging guerrilla forces reportedly led by Pierre Mulele, a 34-year-old former education minister in the cabinet of the late Patrice Lumumba. Mulele ...

Both Belgium and the US conspired to remove the African state’s first democratically elected prime minister, Patrice Lumumba. The motivation was to protect western mining interests and the ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, and Jackson City Councilman Aaron Banks will face trial on July 13, 2026, for their alleged roles in a ...

Coldly and without regrets, her husband’s archfoes in far-off Katanga province had just proclaimed that Patrice Lumumba was dead and buried deep. The Katangese, who defied world opinion for ...

Incumbent Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba defended his record, arguing that the state has intentionally neglected Jackson's needs. Challenger John Horhn emphasized the need to restore trust between the ...

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba launched a "100 Days of Action" initiative to combat gun violence with a $150,000 investment in community organizations. The initiative aims to reduce gun ...