Democratic Republic of the Congo

Rwanda: The Poetry of Genocide

The Rwandan genocide of 1994 wasn't an isolated event. It was the most horrific in a string of mass murders perpetrated by the Hutu against the Tutsi, and vice versa, since 1962, when Belgium granted independence to Rwanda and Burundi, two neighboring nations in Africa’s Great Lakes region.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

 

Patrice Lumumba

Patrice Lumumba was an African nationalist leader, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (June-September 1960).  He was forced out of office during a political crisis, and assassinated a short time later.