GOMA, Congo (AP) — A punch crunches into the side of Daniella Muleketsi’s face. She grimaces at the sting of it and the crowd holds its breath in fear for their homegrown boxing hope. It is the ...

The Belgian empire invaded the Congo rainforest during the late 19th century and swiftly established itself as the cruelest imperial force in Africa. The Congo is the world’s second-largest rainforest ...

In the Belgian Congo last week massed tom-tom drummers practiced a welcome tattoo. Prosperous Negro shopkeepers climbed up wooden ladders and draped the Congolese flag (a golden star on a blue field) ...

FILE - Perspiration flies from the head of George Foreman as he takes a right from challenger Muhammad Ali in the seventh round in the match dubbed Rumble in the Jungle in Kinshasa, Zaire on Oct. 30, ...

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Judex Tshipanda, 71, sits on a wall outside this Kinshasa's Tata Raphaël Stadium, recalling the day that has gone down as one of the most memorable in this ...

KINSHASA, Congo — Alfred Mamba remembers the frenzy that gripped the main soccer stadium in Zaire, now known as Congo, as the fierce heavyweight title bout unfolded through eight rounds between the ...

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