Since flag independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960 and since the gruesome murder of its founding president, Patrice ...

Patrice Lumumba once declared his unwavering commitment to his country's destiny, rejecting subjugation and imperialism, and predicting that history ...

A rebel outfit that easily dispatches the national army, doing so with lightning speed, must surely have external benefactors doing the propping and supplying the military wherewithal ...

The recent history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has been one of civil war and corruption. It is rich in ...

As with any subject, history can be explored in a number of ways. In high school and college, students might study it through ...

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