Independence for Congo followed a strange course of events unlike anything else in the rest of Africa. The Belgian Congo was huge and underdeveloped. After the war, new cultural organisations like ...

As the first member of the Belgian government to visit the Congo since his country prematurely and disastrously thrust its former colony into independence ... that two out of 15 ministers be ...

Dibinga decided to record his parents sharing their memories of Congo's independence, and their views on the country today after reading CNN's iReport request for videos about African independence.

Independence for Congo followed a strange course of events unlike anything else in the rest of Africa. The Belgian Congo was huge and underdeveloped. After the war, new cultural organisations like ...

How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence Story by Andrée Blouin • 1mo A ndrée Blouin (1921–1986) ... In Léopoldville, on the eve of independence, out of a population of ...