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

Residents and business owners in eastern Congo’s second largest city are sitting in wait after a night of loud gunfire ...

Bukavu's fall, if confirmed, marks the armed group's most significant advance since it revived a decade-old insurgency in ...

Rwanda rejects allegations from Congo, the United Nations, and Western powers that thousands of its troops are fighting ...

Rumba Royale is set in 1959 Leopoldville, the capital of Belgian Congo, which is now called Kinshasa. The movie plays out ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

Democratic Republic of Congo, which is the third leg of the tripod, has been so burdened politically since its independence in 1960 that presently it has nothing to offer but its scintillating ...

Western meddling after Belgian Congo gained independence in 1960 saw its fledgling democracy quickly snuffed out and replaced by a corrupt autocracy, propped up by the United States. Both Belgium ...

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 ...

French Culture Minister Rachida Dati began a visit on Monday to disputed Western Sahara where she will meet officials and ...

With Hutus at the helm, there was systematic repression of the Tutsis. This led to the formation of the Tutsi rebel group, ...