The day after the mutiny, Katanga seceded under the leadership of Moïse Tshombe, an independence fighter and prime minister of the Congo-Kinshasa province from July 1964 to October 1965.

Cha cha cha, Spaak Papa, Welcome like in good old day, Cha cha cha ... Belgians still living and working in the Congo (compared with 100,000 before independence). Brussels is eager to re-establish ...

Independence for Congo followed a strange course of events ... The actual independence day was a mixture of huge excitement and bad temper on the part of the former colonial power.

Congo’s government says the mausoleum of assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba in the capital, Kinshasa, has been vandalized. It's not immediately clear whether Lumumba’s remains ...

Dibinga decided to record his parents sharing their memories of Congo's independence, and their views on the country today after reading CNN's iReport request for videos about African independence.

Independence for Congo followed a strange course of events ... The actual independence day was a mixture of huge excitement and bad temper on the part of the former colonial power.