This extraordinary story is told in a new documentary, 'Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat', which juxtaposes jazz with political murder. Directed by Johan Grimonprez, it cut deep into the blood-and-rubber ...

The Oscar-nominated documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat recounts the events leading up to Black American jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach's ...

Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...

Yesterday, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels announced the capture of the city of Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their arrival into the second largest city in eastern Congo follows the fall of ...

The European Parliament, in a strong resolution last week, slammed the inaction of European Union executives on the eastern ...

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

The teams behind "Sugarcane," "Black Box Diaries," "Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat" and "Porcelain War" discuss the urgency of their work ...

Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...

Likewise, in Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, music is at the forefront of events that aren't as well known as the Nazi's rise to ...

Thousands of steelworkers took to the streets of Brussels on Wednesday to demand EU help for a sector whose decline is the subject of a documentary on show at Belgian cinemas.

The Republic of Congo’s minister of mines has issued at least 79 semi-industrial gold mining and exploration permits in the Sangha region, despite the area being officially designated for a ...

Belgium warned its citizens on Wednesday against all travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo following violent protests in Kinshasa, including incidents targeting the Belgian embassy.