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 ...
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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 remains of Mobutu Sese Seko, one of Africa's most flamboyantly corrupt rulers, are to be repatriated to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, its president has announced. Mobutu, who ruled the ...
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 ...
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 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 ...