Democratic Republic of the Congo Archives - Institute of the Black World 21st Century

The Prime Minister of Congo Patrice Lumumba speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter in Washington in July 1960.

How the U.S. issued its first ever order to assassinate a foreign leader

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A snub from the White House, a controversial stay at Blair House, an encounter with Dave Chappelle’s mother and a CIA-arranged tryst — what happened when Congo’s beleaguered leader visited…

October 18, 2023

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Protesters vandalised a statue of former Belgian King Leopold II at the Africa Museum, in Tervuren, near Brussels, earlier this month

Belgian king expresses ‘regrets’ over colonial past in Congo

By IBW21News & Current Affairs

Monarch acknowledges ‘acts of violence and cruelty’ inflicted during colonial rule. By Rory Sullivan, The Independent — The King of Belgium has expressed his “deepest regrets” for the violence and suffering inflicted during Belgian rule over what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as the African country marks 60 years since it gained independence. In a letter written to Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the DRC, King Philippe became the first reigning Belgian monarch…

July 1, 2020

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Commentary, Articles and Essays by Dr. Maulana Karenga

Considering King In Critical Times: Daring to Oppose War and Practice Peace

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By Dr. Maulana Karenga — As we weave our way through the daily dose of lies and illusions, hype, hatred and hypocrisy from the White House, we must constantly question and be…

January 20, 2020

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R. Drew Smith Professor, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Co-Convener, Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race

400th Year Remembrances of Slavery Should Prompt Renewed Attention to U.S.-Africa Policies

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By R. Drew Smith Professor, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Co-Convener, Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race With 2019 regarded by many as marking 400 years since the beginnings of African enslavement…

August 27, 2019

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Patrice Lumumba’s Letter to his wife before his death on January 17, 1961

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Patrice Lumumba (July 2, 1925 – January 17, 1961) Lest We forget: The last letter written by Patrice Lumumba to his wife, Pauline, just before his death on January 17,…

January 17, 2019

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Women displaced by brutal violence in the DR Congo tell their harrowing stories

By IBW21News & Current Affairs

Jan 11 2018 (IOM) – Women have borne and continue to bear a disproportionate amount of the suffering caused by two decades of conflict in North Kivu in the Democratic…

January 15, 2018

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Patrice Lumumba: the most important assassination of the 20th century?

By IBW21Editors' Choice

Patrice Lumumba, the first legally elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was assassinated 50 years ago on 17 January, 1961.

February 2, 2014

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