The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...

Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after it was captured by rebels following days of fierce ...

In one recent week alone, nearly 3,000 people were killed as rebels swept ... battles in decades in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After the city of Goma fell to a rebel group known as M23 ...