In this first use of air power in the Congo crisis, ground fire from ... by his own troops and that Lumumba was freed. But when it was all over, Patrice Lumumba still sat in jail.

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 ...

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

Listen to Patrice Lumumba's announcing Belgian Congo's independence followed by an Independence cha-cha-cha Within days things fell apart. The army mutinied against Belgian officers. The main ...

and remained basically unaltered until Patrice Lumumba's death. O'Brien then dealt in passing with the crisis provoked by Moscow's unwillingness to pay for U.N. operations in the Congo.

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

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 conflict in the country now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been going on for decades. Historical grievances, governance failures, and social injustices have plunged this diverse ...