Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to counter a swift offensive by ...

Many of them are probably no less idealistic than the U.N. soldiers fighting against Katanga (who in turn are denounced as “mercenaries” by Tshombe). Other African states employ foreign ...

Only the western copper town of Kolwezi remained in Katanga’s grip; it was defended by 2,000 boozy gendarmes, 100 of Tshombe’s white mercenaries, and a smashing blonde ambulance driver known ...

And in the mineral-rich Katanga region, this led to the assassination ... Through a combination of charm, mercenaries and corruption they manipulated the new states to keep them on their side ...