A number of steamships have been named Leopoldville or Léopoldville:SS Léopoldville (1895), 3,386 GRT, built by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co, Middlesbrough for the Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo. Sold in ...

FLATWOODS Christmas Eve 1944 was a dark day for the 66th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. At 99 years old, Jerry Carroll says his memory is fuzzy. But he vividly recalls the enemy attacking the SS ...

'Hunger Crisis Threatens One in Four in DR Congo' ...

FLATWOODS Christmas Eve 1944 was a dark day for the 66th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. At 99 years old, Jerry Carroll says his memory is fuzzy. But he vividly recalls the enemy attacking the ...

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For the Congolese side, putting this contract into effect should allow the CIZ to become operational, prior to entering into fresh negotiations on the other offshore blocks coveted by Kinshasa (AI, 29 ...

On the 24th of December 1944, 2 237 American soldiers of the 66th Infantry Division are aboard the Steamer Léopoldville.

On October 28, 1960, for instance, Louis Armstrong jubilantly arrived in the Congolese capital of Leopoldville (renamed Kinshasa in 1966) to perform. He came to a country that has always mystified the ...

The three-month transition between a US president’s election and inauguration is a time of great uncertainty, a time when the legacy on which history will pass judgment already feels to be ...

The human rights situation across the Democratic Republic of Congo remains dire, with internal conflicts and poor governance contributing to a severe food crisis and the internal displacement of 5 ...