Along that riverbank a thousand miles Tattooed cannibals danced in files. . . . Boomlay, boomlay, boomlay, Boom! Boom, steal the pigmies. . . . Boom, kill the white ...

To the shocked Belgians, it seemed a bitter reward for their promise of freedom next June 30 to the rich Congo colony. No sooner had the painful independence pact been completed than the Congo’s ...

BRUSSELS — Belgian officials imprisoned Patrice Lumumba as a rabble-rouser. When, shortly afterward, he became the first prime minister of an independent Congo, once their largest and most profitable ...

Belgium's federal court said on Friday it would hand over a tooth, suspected to be the only remains of the murdered Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba, to his family, a move that could ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Once the leafy art-deco jewel of the Belgian Congo and later the buzzing cultural heart of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko's Zaire, Kinshasa has become a playground for violent gangs ...

Bloomberg News describes Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda for the last quarter century, as “the West’s favorite autocrat.” ...

By independence in 1960, Christianity was deeply rooted in Congolese life. Mission churches had trained generations of teachers, nurses, and clerks who would form the backbone of the new nation. Yet ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The collection consists of recordings made by George McKee while recounting his and his wife Elsie's work as a Presbyterian missionary in the ...

What does it mean—what would it mean—to “decolonize the city”? As that phrase has become common among architects, artists, and activists in recent years, it has operated more like a slogan, a blunt ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. Lea Tavares Mujinga, Simone Vandenbroecke Ngalula, Monique Bitu ...

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi made a personal appeal to Rwanda's Paul Kagame to stop supporting insurgents in DRC and ...