"Happy Independence Day to all Congolese," government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya said on Facebook, posting an image of the official declaration of independence by DRC's and Belgium officials in 1960.

A military vehicle carries a gold-capped tooth belonging to DRC independence hero Patrice Lumumba to a memorial built in his honour in Kinshasa, 30 June 2022 ...

An independence achieved through betrayal, the settling of scores and a web of deceit that has not yet revealed all its secrets. READ MORE DRC: How the CIA got Patrice Lumumba. On 30 June 1960, ...

Even though President Tshisekedi tries hard to render justice to his independence, the country will virtually have to start from scratch if the hope of a better future is to replace the uncertainty ...

Lumumba became the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) first democratically elected prime minister after independence from Belgium in 1960, but alarmed the West with overtures to Moscow at the ...