GALESBURG, Ill. — With July 4th just around the corner, people from the Democratic Republic of Congo came together to celebrate in Galesburg. Congo Independence Day is on June 30, but on July 2 ...

It has been three days since the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda signed an agreement aimed at ending the M23 conflict ...

On the morning of June 30, 2025, as DR Congo marked 65 years of independence, a civilian aircraft delivering humanitarian aid to Minembwe was shot down by the very government responsible for ...

Congo Independence Day is celebrated on June 30, a day that marks the country's independence from the Belgian colonial powers. To stream WBIR on your phone, you need the WBIR app.

Trumpets blared and drums rattled as the proud procession moved down Leopoldville's broad Boulevard Albert I to celebrate the Congo's second anniversary of independence. President Joseph ...

And with 60,000 Belgians still living and working in the Congo (compared with 100,000 before independence). Brussels is eager to re-establish political and military influence. The Big Portfolio.

African Union Commission Chairperson’s Congratulatory Message on Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Independence Day ...

"On the anniversary of the Independence Day of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Peru extends its well wishes and expresses its hope for prosperity and well-being for the Cong ...

"Warm wishes to FM Therse Wagner, the Government and people of the Democratic Republic of Congo on their Independence Day. Looking forward to further deepening of our bilateral relations and ...

Lumumba, a leading member of the independence movement, entered the history books on June 30, 1960, the day that the Republic of Congo, as it then was, formally broke away from Belgian colonial rule.

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the occasion of his country's ...