Accordingly, UNSC Resolution 143 (1960) led to the establishment of the United Nations Operation in the Congo (known by its ...

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 ...

Rwandan troops, under the leadership of President Paul Kagame, and Congo-based Tutsi militias with Rwandan backing launched an invasion of Zaire, which was ruled at the time by Dictator Mobutu ...

Like the secession of Katanga, carried out by Tshombe, the takeover of the Congo by Mobutu had been prepared at the Round ...

President Mobutu put the place on the map with a palace ... Vast fortunes have been made in Congo throughout history but the money has often vanished, either being taken abroad or wasted in ...

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

Three Americans repatriated to the United States from Congo were charged Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department with staging an elaborate coup attempt aimed at overthrowing the African nation ...

After being initially sentenced to death, the three had their sentences commuted, before being transferred to US custody. This comes as Kinshasa and Washington look to seal deals involving minerals ...

Rwandan troops, under the leadership of President Paul Kagame, and Congo-based Tutsi militias with Rwandan backing launched an invasion of Zaire, which was ruled at the time by Dictator Mobutu ...