2001-05-05 04:00:00 PDT Kabinda, Congo-- The civilian death toll stemming from Congo's 33-month war may reach a staggering 2 1/2 million people, surpassing the totals for any modern African war ...

DANIEL USHUNDI, 11, who was shot in the fighting as rebels captured Goma, at a hospital Nov. 23 in the city in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Jehad Nga/The New York Times What war has gone on ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- The Congo is about as far removed from Cuba as you can get. Yet in the 1960's, Cubans squared off in a military confrontation that featured Fidel Castro's troops commanded by ...

Congo Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, hands bound, sits in the bed of an army truck under guard of Congolese soldiers on Dec. 2, 1960, one day after his arrest by troops loyal to Col. Joseph Mobutu.

Devlin has written a memoir about his experiences, Chief of Station, Congo: Fighting the Cold War in a Hot Zone. In January 1960, Congo's Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba was assassinated ...