The significance of Lumumba’s golden tooth
As the only remaining part of Patrice Lumumba’s body is laid to rest in Kinshasa, the big lie has been exposed for what it was and no one is under any illusions about the real role of Belgium in the Congo.
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Near-miss for democracy in DRC
The DRC’s long-delayed elections unseated the ruling candidate but fell short of a wholesale democratic transition. Analysis by Tom Collins. The world awoke on 10 January …
Kabila steps down in DRC presidential election
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Joseph Kabila has laid rest to months of speculation that he will run in upcoming elections by naming former …
DR Congo: Jean-Pierre Bemba return “to shake up the political landscape”
Congo’s former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba returned to the country to register as a presidential candidate in December’s long-delayed election, more than a decade after …
No elections in DRC as Kabila stays put
Despite a general strike of more than eight million people, violent clashes with various rebel groups, and a visit from the Deputy Secretary-Genral of the …
Looking at Africa’s ancient kingdoms through a DRC rebel group
The recent escape from jail by the leader of one of the DRC’s many secessionist groups has ignited a long-simmering debate about the neglect and often …