Half a century ago, the “Rumble in the Jungle” became not just a fight between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali, but a ...

President Mobutu put the place on the map with ... Vast fortunes have been made in Congo throughout history but the money has often vanished, either being taken abroad or wasted in the country ...

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

I won’t delve into the history of this not-so-Free State ... According to DR Congo’s leaders—from Mobutu to Kabila I and II, and now Tshisekedi—Kagame is the problem.

Rwandan troops, under the leadership of President Paul Kagame, and Congo-based Tutsi militias with Rwandan backing launched an invasion of Zaire, which was ruled at the time by Dictator Mobutu Sese ...

A civil war toppled Mobutu in 1997; his successor ... The Catholic Church, which has a long history of monitoring Congo’s elections, accused the national electoral commission of presiding ...

Rwandan troops, under the leadership of President Paul Kagame, and Congo-based Tutsi militias with Rwandan backing launched an invasion of Zaire, which was ruled at the time by Dictator Mobutu ...

Rwandan troops, under the leadership of President Paul Kagame, and Congo-based Tutsi militias with Rwandan backing launched an invasion of Zaire, which was ruled at the time by Dictator Mobutu ...