“The decision to eliminate the first Congolese prime minister was taken by American and other officials at the highest level,” he told Al Jazeera. Though Lumumba had friends both inside and ou ...

The “extraction economy” is to blame for many social ills, says Johan Grimonprez. The Oscar-nominated doc Soundtrack to a ...

Ugly politics. Ugly, deadly politics. Congo elected President Joseph Kasa-Vubu and Prime Minister Lumumba as its leaders, and the latter tackled the task of releasing the country from the ruling ...