Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to counter a swift offensive by ...

Hundreds of people have been brutally killed and more than 150,000 have fled their homes in remote parts of Katanga province ... and those of the Congolese army on the other.

Purpose: a new buildup of Katanga army units now making their headquarters at Kipushi, a mining town smack on the Katanga-Rhodesian frontier. Sir Roy denied all, and boarded a plane for a personal ...

U.S. Decision. Supporting the U.N. is an admitted risk for the U.S. If the U.N. army succeeds in subduing Katanga by force, it will hardly be the beginning of good will in the Congo. On the other ...