Belgium still coming to terms with colonial past
Now there is a much greater recognition of the harm Belgium caused in Belgian Congo and Rwanda. Under Belgian rule the ...
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Baghdad falls to the Mongols as the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed and tens of thousands are slaughtered. 1542: Catherine ...
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How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence
The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...
How the CIA used jazz greats as cover for a 1961 coup in Africa
Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...
Why Nkrumah and his contemporaries failed to unite Africa?
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah is dead. But his vision of a united Africa is more alive, in the minds of many Africans, Pan-Africanists ...
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Why there were no Tutsi rebel groups in DR Congo before 1995
Did you know that there has never been a single Tutsi armed group in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo before 1995? In this article, we will delve into the historical context of the ...