The Congolese army sergeant is up tight. “To you, this is just a piece of real estate called the Congo,” he snarls at his boss, a commander of mercenaries. “But to me it’s our Bunker Hill.” Bunker ...

In the 1960s the U.S. was supporting the fledgling Congo government. Our mission was to defeat the Simba rebels, who were proxies for the Soviet Union and China. The two communist nations were backing ...

Ready to dive into the plot? Here's the plot: "A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-Mau ...

When he came to power eight months ago, Congolese President Joseph Mobutu faced a tricky military problem. The Simba rebellion had been crushed, but the armies that had done the job were still in ...