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

Dar es Salaam. In August 1960, as Congo simmered in post-independence instability, a secret cable marked ‘Top Secret’ from Langley, Virginia, landed at the CIA station in Léopoldville (now ...

Belgian prosecutors are preparing to charge Etienne Davignon (92), a former diplomat accused of being involved in the murder of Congolese revolutionary, Patrice Lumumba. ・Belgian prosecutors are ...

A s in a bad dream, everything seemed to be moving at half speed. But slowly, the Congo’s balance was tipping toward the forces that bore the label of reckless Patrice Lumumba, though he was ...

KINSHASA, Congo — Congo’s government says the mausoleum of assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba in the capital, Kinshasa, has been vandalized. It’s not immediately clear whether ...

The collapse in the Congo spread last week from the army to the government. Cabinet ministers argued heatedly with each other on the streets of Leopoldville. Lanky Premier Patrice Lumumba could ...

Independence prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, ... we would have expected a collective and sound solution to end eastern Congo’s complex security crisis. It has not happened.

Patrice Lumumba was the first prime minister of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo [Pictorial Parade/Getty Images] Belgian prosecutors say they are seeking to put on trial a 92-year-old ...

When the Democratic Republic of Congo celebrates 60 years of independence from Belgium on Tuesday, it will also remember Patrice Lumumba, one of its enduring national heroes and icon of those who ...

On June 30, 1960, colonial rule formally ended in what was then known as the Belgian Congo. Less than 200 days later, the Republic of the Congo’s charismatic prime minister, Patrice Lumumba ...