LUBUMBASHI is a city in the mineral-rich Katanga region in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Many people might not have heard of it, but Lubumbashi and its surrounding region have ...

Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; ...

Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to counter a swift offensive by ...

As resident minister, Leopoldville’s top man in Katanga would be slight, sober Joseph Ileo, 40, a moderate who served as interim Premier of the Congo after erratic Patrice Lumumba was deposed in ...

Did you know that there has never been a single Tutsi armed group in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo before 1995? In this article, we will delve into the historical context of the ...

An African country that's the 11th largest in the world also shares its border with a staggering nine other countries.

Congo President Joseph Mobutu last week nationalized the Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, the Belgian company that provided a living for 100,000 Congolese, accounted for about one-half of the ...

Congo has been wracked by more than a century of violent colonization and imperialism resulting in millions of deaths—and ...

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Congo's Defeated Foreign Mercenaries Head Home ... who supported the failed attempt of the mineral-rich southern state of Katanga to secede from Kinshasa. Before crossing the border, one of ...