An official burial ceremony is taking place on Thursday for the tooth of the Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba in the capital Kinshasa. The relic is all that remains of the African country’s first prime minister, who was murdered in 1961 by separatist rebels in collusion with Belgian mercenaries. His body was dissolved in acid […]
The British NGO Global Witness has alleged financial malfeasance against the son of the president of the Republic of Congo, Christel Denis Sassou Nguesso. The group said it had discovered documents pointing to the siphoning of over $50 million in public funds by President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s son. Their report indicates the money received would […]
