The wars in Shaba in 1977 and 1978 further reinforced this pattern. The DRC’s history—from the instability under leaders like Moïse Tshombe, Patrice Lumumba, and Joseph Kasavubu, through the ...

1960 - Congo becomes independent with Patrice Lumumba as prime minister and Joseph Kasavubu as president. 1960 July - Congolese army mutinies; Moise Tshombe declares Katanga independent; Belgian ...

1960 July - Congolese army mutinies; Moise Tshombe declares Katanga independent; Belgian troops sent in ostensibly to protect Belgian citizens and mining interests; UN Security Council votes to ...

On July 10, ten thousand Belgian soldiers were deployed. Under their supervision, Moïse Tshombe, appointed as the puppet president of the rich province of Katanga, declared independence.

By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic Everyone knows Cinderella’s story: A young woman, indentured to a cruel stepmother, gets blessed by magical forces. With the help of a fairy, some woodland ...

Now, Katanga’s Rebel Moise Tshombe sat wanly behind a desk in a stucco cottage in the copper town of Kolwezi and declared, “I am ready to proclaim immediately before the world that Katanga’s ...

If you go to enough film festivals and seek out the horror offerings therein, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll come across some rather extreme new visions. Far from the more mainstream ...

Sundance: Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt swaps tapeworms for silkworms in a gory Grimm Brothers update about the body-horror extremes of the pursuit of beauty. It’s tough times out there ...

He was a good friend of Moise Tshombe, who ran the secessionist Katanga where Patrice Lumumba was liquidated, and it’s dark for him,” he notes. Lumumba, the first prime minister of the DRC, then known ...

What happens to Cinderella after she marries the prince? As a child, I was obsessed with this question. I watched the Disney cartoon almost daily, haunted by the movie’s final image of the ...

IN THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU MAIL A LETTER, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK CLOSELY AT YOUR STAMPS. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, THEY’RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN COUNTERFEIT STAMPS. SO HOW DO YOU KNOW IF ...