Andrée Blouin (1921–1986) was a central figure in the struggles for decolonization that swept Africa in the 1950s and ’60s, ...

The invasion and occupation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the extraction of its natural resources, which ...

In theory, both Patrice Lumumba and his ambitions were safely ... the Belgian-run trust territory on the Congo’s eastern edge. There the Belgians, who clearly were in on the game, smilingly ...

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

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

But slowly, the Congo’s balance was tipping toward the forces that bore the label of reckless Patrice Lumumba, though he was still in Colonel Joseph Mobutu’s jail. If Lumumba won, the world ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Patrice Lumumba, the first Congo Prime Minister. [File, Standard] Although the internment ...

The United Nations has 14,000 of its blue helmet soldiers in the Kivu region, and this past December, 14 blue helmets were killed. The countries that make up the Southern African Development Community ...

The country then sank into a major political crisis, marked by the assassination of its Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba, in ...

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

The Trump administration is ousting four additional outlets from Pentagon workspaces, with CNN and The Washington Post set to ...