Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen recurrent armed conflict, ...

Three American citizens jailed in the Democratic Republic of Congo over a failed coup attempt have been transferred to US ...

Mr. Mobutu, a brutal autocrat, saw a chance to introduce Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo, to the world as a stable nation of 22 million people on the path to becoming a ...

After being initially sentenced to death, the three had their sentences commuted, before being transferred to US custody.

But for the other countries that were part of the coalition, it was literally a chance to settle scores with the president of Congo at the time, Mobutu Sese Seko, who had been in power for thirty ...

Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen recurrent armed conflict, ...

After flying flags of Zaire, DR Congo's name under ex-dictator Mobutu Sese Seko who was overthrown in 1997, the group of men then filmed themselves proclaiming the end of the regime. The ...

Under Mobutu's successors ... Who is to blame for the M23 takeover of parts of eastern DR Congo?

However, assuming the money would be recirculated through the Congolese economy, the DRC would be among the world's ...

Mobutu, at the time, had many regional enemies ... Themba Hadebe/AP Photo] The Congo wars ended in 2003, but low-intensity violence persists, leading some experts to say it was never actually ...

May 1997: The fall of Mobutu The overthrow of Mobutu in 1997 by the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (AFDL), led by Kabila, marked a turning point in the country's ...