Patrice Lumumba’s Independence Day speech, June 30, 1960
Men and women of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba, his face shown filling the map of Africa, symbolizes independence. In this speech, with the king of Belgium in the audience, he stated, "The Congo's...
View ArticleBritain’s involvement in assassination of Congo’s Lumumba confirmed
by Jean Shaoul A senior British politician has revealed Britain’s involvement in the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the Congo’s first prime minister. The leader of the Congolese independence...
View ArticleLooking at the life of freedom fighter Obi Egbuna Sr.
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Studying the revolutionary politics of the African world has been hard for me, because of the many revolutionary cliques that are at odds with each other in...
View ArticleDivide and rule: Balkanizing the Democratic Republic of Congo
by Ann Garrison Syria has long dominated international headlines while the big powers discuss the possibility of dividing it into smaller, more homogeneous states along ethnic or religious lines. The...
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