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 ...

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 ...

RABAT, Morocco, Aug. 5 -- Premier Patrice Lumumba of the Congo telegraphed Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold today that if United Nations troops did not enter Katanga tomorrow, "I will be forced ...

Etienne Davignon, 92, is accused of involvement in the detention of Patrice Lumumba before he was killed in 1961.

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 ...

On June 30, 1960, Patrice Lumumba freed the Congo from Belgian colonial rule and became the country's first prime minister. He promised democracy, prosperity and an end to the exploitation of ...

Most bewildering factor in the Congo crisis is 34-year-old Premier Lumumba. ... Unscathed, as usual, Patrice Lumumba reached New York’s Idlewild airport this week.

Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government says the mausoleum of assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba has been vandalized. It is not immediately clear whether ...

Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government says the mausoleum of assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba has been vandalized. It is not immediately clear whether ...