GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Only the western copper town of Kolwezi remained in Katanga’s grip; it was defended by 2,000 boozy gendarmes, 100 of Tshombe’s white mercenaries, and a smashing blonde ambulance driver known ...

Hundreds of people have been brutally killed and more than 150,000 have fled their homes in remote parts of Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Local residents of the area ...

Many of them are probably no less idealistic than the U.N. soldiers fighting against Katanga (who in turn are denounced as “mercenaries” by Tshombe). Other African states employ foreign ...

And in the mineral-rich Katanga region, this led to the assassination ... Through a combination of charm, mercenaries and ...