Remembering the African leader after a Brussels court this week ordered a retired Belgian diplomat stand trial for his 1961 ...

For decades, eastern DR Congo has been described as a tragic battlefield, a region where civilians are caught between armed groups, regional powers, and international peacekeeping missions. Yet ...

This was the first Joseph runway show in almost a decade—the last one took place in September 2017 under the stewardship of Louise Trotter, who is now at Bottega Veneta. The company that Joseph ...

On January 21, I posted a short bio of Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko on Facebook. Ten days later, an old friend from my active journalism days sent it to me via WhatsApp. Know what? It had gone viral and ...

The death of Patrice Lumumba. One of the corpses was that of Patrice Lumumba, who the previous June had become the Republic of Congo's first prime minister after nearly seven decades of Belgian ...

In September 1960, the very same month Ali won his Olympic gold in Rome, Joseph Mobutu staged a coup in the Congo and placed elected President Patrice Lumumba under house arrest. In November, Lumumba ...

The Broncos' defense has been dominant this season. They rank No. 2 in yards (278.2 per game), No. 3 in points (18.3), and first in sacks (68). Denver's defense is a major reason why the Broncos are ...

Joseph Byrd, leader of the pioneering psychedelic rock band the United States of America, died in November at the age of 87. Born in Louisville, Kentucky and raised in Tucson, Arizona, Byrd studied ...

A view of the life of the DRC’s controversial former leader, Mobutu Sese Seko, is on display at the national museum in Kinshasa. Dems fall short of flipping deep-red House seat in surprisingly ...

Nostalgia is rising in Congo for Mobutu Sese Seko — the kleptocratic strongman as a new museum exhibit glorifying him draws crowds in Kinshasa. In DR Congo, exhibit reveals nostalgia for former ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Vance Joseph knows it’s coming. If his Broncos defense keeps playing the way it is so far this season, he’s going to be a popular name on the head coaching ...

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Young people gaze up at large photographs of Mobutu Sese Seko, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) national museum. A charismatic and outrageously ...