For the first time in ten months, the Congo’s fledgling Parliament reassembled last week in Lovanium University’s handsome modern auditorium. Isolated from outside influences by an electrified ...

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 government ...

When ex-convict kidnapped former Congolese premier Moise Tshombe and took him to Algeria, current Congolese President Joseph Mobutu told the United Nations that Tshombe had been plotting a military ...

The 35-million people he rules have been mad at him for the past 26 years. And the rest of the world finally seems to agree it's time the tyrant bows out. But the man known as "the all-conquering ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The remains of Mobutu Sese Seko, one of Africa's more flashy corrupt rulers, will be repatriated to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the DRC president said. President ...

Congolese children play on a destroyed military tank, abandoned by rebel fighters in 2013. Kenny Katombe/Reuters The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will mark 57 years of independence on Friday, 30 ...

The late dictator of the vast African country, renamed Democratic Republic of Congo after his overthrow, is buried in the European cemetery of the Moroccan capital without the fanfare associated with ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will mark 57 years of independence on Friday, 30 June. This year also marks the 20th anniversary of Mobutu Sese Seko’s fall from power in 1997. The DRC is ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will mark 57 years of independence on Friday, 30 June. This year also marks the 20th anniversary of Mobutu Sese Seko's fall from power in 1997. The DRC is ...