Object Details Maker Luba artist Label Text Few sites in Africa yielded as large a supply of copper ore as the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Due to its scarcity, the "red" ...

The mineral-rich southeastern province of Katanga in preindependence days supplied 60% of the revenue of the Congo government and most of the wealth the Belgians drew from the colony.

The brutal beatings of Acting U.N. Katanga Chief George Ivan Smith and Special Adviser Brian Urquhart (TIME, Dec. 8) had already left the U.N. soldiers tense, angry, and spoiling for a fight.

UNHCR is deeply concerned about the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Katanga, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Violence has forced some 400,000 people to flee their homes since the end ...

Look to the urban centre of Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, one kilometre from the Zambian border, and you will find the zinc mine and the installations of the joint-venture Kipushi Corporation SA (Kico SA), ...