Some of Katanga’s mercenaries are adventurers; some are extremist former French army officers, disillusioned with De Gaulle’s Algerian policy; and some are white Katangese, appalled by the U.N ...

Some older Congolese remember the use of mercenaries in the 1960s, including a group led by "Mad Mike" Hoare, who supported the failed attempt of the mineral-rich southern state of Katanga to ...

Katumbi, the former governor of Democratic Republic of Congo’s copper-mining Katanga region, fled Congo in May 2016 in the face of accusations he had hired mercenaries, including a former U.S ...

Mr. Hoare, who was 100 when he died Feb. 2, eventually found his calling as a mercenary, leading two 1960s campaigns in Congo. Covertly backed by the CIA, he and his men stifled a ragtag rebellion ...

Within a few days he had joined the outlawed army. “At present,” he said, “there are 5,000 mercenaries still in Katanga, but we are underground. Our army exists, but nobody knows where it is.” He ...

Fact of History. But the real issues are not the nature of Tshombe’s “mercenaries,” or self-determination (Katanga is not a nation, and its people probably understand little about their real ...

In late 1965, the mercenary reappeared in Congo, this time fighting on the side of strongman Mobutu Sese Seko, a one-time opponent of the Katanga regime. Following the money, Denard had switched ...

Mercenary Operations in Africa. ... fought alongside other foreign mercenaries supporting Moïse Tshombe’s attempt to secede the mineral-rich province of Katanga from the newly independent Congo.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has launched an investigation into the alleged use of foreign mercenaries by opposition politician Moise Katumbi, government officials said Wednesday. Justice ...

Some older Congolese remember the use of mercenaries in the 1960s, including a group led by "Mad Mike" Hoare, who supported the failed attempt of the mineral-rich southern state of Katanga to ...