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.

The Republic of the Congo commemorates its independence from France, while Bahrain marks the day it was recognised as a sovereign nation following British treaty relations. Notably, the tiny ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.