THE first gunshot Philémon Efolote ­ever heard in Bandal, his Kinshasa neighbourhood, was at 5pm on Saturday May 17 1997. It was three days before the arrival of Laurent Kabila and his motley army of ...

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 ...

KINSHASA, Congo (Reuters) --The eldest surviving son of former Congolese dictator Mobutu Sese Seko returned from exile on Sunday and a spokesman said his party would run in elections due in two years' ...