In 1960, Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly independent Congo. His close ally Andrée Blouin describes how ...

Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to counter a swift offensive by ...

Faced with this situation, the UN deployed the UN Operation in the Congo (ONUC) in July 1960 . The first large-scale ...

This was carried out through Lumumba's opponents in the Congo. In November 1960 he was kidnapped and taken to Katanga. In January 1961 he was shot in Elizabethville; his body was then dumped by a ...

During the Congo Crisis (1960-1964), several hundred Norwegian and Swedish soldiers were sent to the Congo as UN peacekeepers. They were pioneers of the UN peacekeeping forces, were sent on ...

Interview - Director Johan Grimonprez discusses Soundtrack to a Coup d'État, his powerful exploration of Congo's decolonization struggle, in conversation with Peter Mertens, Belgian political leader ...

Recording made for an episode of 'Congo Chronicle', a regular feature reporting on the Irish troops overseas, which aired weekly from August 1960-April 1963.