Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly independent Congo. His close ally Andrée Blouin describes how Belgium and ...

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Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

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The ghosts of thousands of Palestinian children crushed by Israeli bombs loomed over this year's Auschwitz commemorations ...

Heads of state of eight-member East African Community regional block on Wednesday called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, they said in a statement. They also called ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The previously ...