15 July 2008
China steps up investment in Congo as war in east continues

22 January 2008
Further war threatens in Congo as rivalry for resources intensifies

27 January 2007
Le Carré points to looting of Congo by mining corporations

25 August 2006
Run-off ballot in the Congo

25 May 2006
German cabinet agrees on military operation in the Congo

7 September 2003
Burundi massacre and the continuing conflict in the Congo

27 June 2003
European Union sends troops to Congo
First independent EU military mission

24 May 2003
France leads clamour for Congo intervention

27 February 2003
Ebola outbreak in the Congo

9 August 2002
US behind peace deals in Sudan and Congo

23 January 2002
Volcano causes widespread devastation in Congo

16 January 2002
The unquiet death of Patrice Lumumba

11 August 2001
War creates a humanitarian disaster in the Congo

19 June 2001
France implicated in attempted coup in Central African Republic

23 February 2001
Congo peace talks revived after Kabila's assassination

25 January 2001
The Congo: Unanswered questions surround Kabila's assassination

18 January 2001
The Congo: President Kabila assassinated

10 January 2001
The Congo: How and why the West organised Lumumba's assassination
Review of two BBC documentaries: Who Killed Lumumba?, and Mobutu

23 December 2000
Rwanda on the offensive in Congo War

28 July 2000
WSWS correspondence on the Congo

3 February 2000
US intervenes to shape settlement in Congo

13 September 1999
Belgian Foreign Minister criticises US role in Africa

31 August 1999
Congo peace deal reveals continuing instability

14 May 1999
Congo War Drags On--Uganda and Chad pull out

26 March 1999
Angolan civil war escalates

8 September 1998
As Congo war continues
Kabila gains support from UN, South Africa

2 September 1998
Private armies involved in the Congo war

27 August 1998
Escalating war in the Congo threatens to destabilise sub-Saharan Africa

7 August 1998
Anti-Kabila uprising in eastern Congo

29 April 1998
New evidence on the role of the US and France
Who is responsible for the genocide in Rwanda?

Featured Article

6 September 1999
Belgium's imperialist rape of Africa:
King Leopold's Ghost--A story of greed, terror and heroism in colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild, Macmillan