Nationalist politician Lumumba became an anti-colonial icon when he gave a fiery speech against racism on independence day on June 30, 1960. He then became Congo's first post-colonial prime minister.

Congo then asked the United Nations for help ... remembering the June 1960 Independence Day address that the Belgians considered a “vicious attack” but that inspires many Africans to this ...

Independence for Congo followed a strange course of events ... The actual independence day was a mixture of huge excitement and bad temper on the part of the former colonial power.

KINSHASA, Congo — Congo's government says the mausoleum of assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba in the capital, Kinshasa, has been vandalized. It's not immediately clear whether ...

Independence for Congo followed a strange course of events ... The actual independence day was a mixture of huge excitement and bad temper on the part of the former colonial power.

In a new nation independence day Léopoldville, Republic of the Congo, June 30, 1960. Unknown Speaker: "Jubilant Congolese gathered to witness the proclamation of independence this morning at 11 o ...

Panic swept through eastern Congo's second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.