The African nation of Zaire was elated. Its president, Mobutu Sese Seko, had struck a deal in 1974 for the country to host potentially the biggest boxing contest in history: Muhammad Ali, a legend ...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday, May 28, blamed the decades-long instability in eastern DR Congo on what he termed as “careless foreign interference” dating back to the era of ...

Once the leafy art-deco jewel of the Belgian Congo and later the buzzing cultural heart of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko's Zaire, Kinshasa has become a playground for violent gangs sowing fear and ...