A curator said the coffin containing the gold-capped tooth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo independence hero Patrice ...

For a prosperous half-century, tiny Belgium successfully ruled the vast, mineral-rich Congo with what seemed to be the most foolproof of colonial formulas: steady economic progress, combined with ...

The former Belgian ambassador, once stationed in Kigali during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi ... aim was to have an excuse to invade the Congo. However, he went beyond the expected script ...

During World War II the Congo even paid the bills for the Belgian government in exile. While Britain and France poured large sums into overseas territories, the Congo colony’s $960 million ten ...

Leopold II's rule in what is now Democratic Republic of Congo was so bloody ... mutilation and genocide of millions of Congolese". Joëlle Sambi Nzeba, a Belgian-Congolese poet and spokesperson ...

in particular its link to the genocide in Rwanda .Perhaps a reminder is necessary. Most of the problems of Congo and the region can be traced to Belgium itself. The Congolese authorities have ...

King Philippe made the remarks in a letter to President Félix Tshisekedi of DR Congo Belgium's King Philippe has expressed his "deepest regrets" to the Democratic Republic of Congo for his ...

A fascinating new documentary by Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez, 'Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat' shines a light on a ...