A military vehicle carries a gold-capped tooth belonging to DRC independence hero Patrice Lumumba to a memorial built in his ...

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"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.

June 30 marks the 60th anniversary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) independence from Belgium. This year’s milestone comes some 15 months after the DRC experienced its first ...

President Hage Geingob this week sent a congratulatory message to President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on the occasion of his country's independence celebrations ...

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 ...

independence today with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the Belgian king among a host of world leaders attending the celebrations. For much of its post-colonial history, the DRC was bled dry by ...