Lumumba remains a leading figure in Congolese and African history. He was a revolutionary and a national hero whose ...

The Congolese independence leader’s uncompromising speech about 80 years of European colonial brutality and injustice went ...

Despite peace deal signed in Washington with Rwanda, Congolese government will use available mechanisms to pursue justice for ...

The agreement outlines provisions for the "respect for territorial integrity and halting hosilities" in eastern DRC but are ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) confirms that several African presidents with lengthy tenures first came to power through freedom movements. Over time, many used harsh tactics to secure their authority ...

Sixty-five years after the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, a key figure in the Congolese independence movement, the ...

Belgium will introduce border checks on people coming into the country to clamp down on illegal migration, the government ...

Rwanda-Belgium relations focused on promoting the majority Hutu population, despite some discontent from conservative, mostly Tutsi, actors. With independence, Belgium played an important but ...

Pro-independence politics isn’t going anywhere While the procés may be drawing to a close, the electoral defeat suffered by pro-independence parties in no way spells the end of the Catalan ...

Now, independence party Parti Quebecois (PQ) has just three members elected to the Quebec parliament, down from a peak of 80 in 1981 – a year after the first independence vote.

Catalonia's pro-independence movement lose regional majority For the first time since 2012, the pro-independence parties failed to win an absolute majority, leaving the Socialists on top. It is a ...