Eve Blouin, daughter of African independence activist Andrée Blouin, speaks to The World’s Host Marco Werman about a new ...

Nationalist politician Lumumba became an anti-colonial icon when he gave a fiery speech against racism on independence day on June 30, 1960. He then became Congo's first post-colonial prime minister.

(MENAFN) Over six decades after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) gained independence, its eastern provinces continue to face violence, exploitation, and geopolitical manipulation.

Independence for Congo followed a strange course of events ... The actual independence day was a mixture of huge excitement and bad temper on the part of the former colonial power.

"In 60 years of independence, Congo does not even have a motorway," he told AFP, adding that "corruption is endemic" throughout the country. Sassou Nguesso, whose re-election in 2016 has been ...