Antiracism protests have renewed attention on a violent legacy - and activists want companies to face up to it too ...

He first took power when the Congo gained independence from ... She said that the ceremony underlined Belgium and the DRC's common history and hope for its shared future. But she also mourned ...

Would Belgium—or even the African colonies ... as the “first open expression of open protest in the social history of the Congo.” But when a Congolese worker named Léonard Mpoyi demanded ...

We spoke to Julien Bobineau, who has researched the narratives around Belgium’s history with the Congo, about the visit. And if it could lead to a new partnership between the two countries.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on ... placed in religious institutions and homes by Belgian authorities that ruled Congo from 1908 to 1960. A lower court had first ...

His private colony became the Belgian Congo in 1908 – it gained independence ... without overlooking the shared history of Belgium and the central African countries.” As with Amsterdam ...

History is full of interactions ... then on behalf of the Belgian state. The Belgian Congo officially became his possession in 1885, following the Berlin Conference, which organized the division ...

Last week one of the longest Cabinet crises in Belgian history (65 days) ended when Pierre Harmel, 54, wearily patched together a government and received the seal of office from King Baudouin.

Narratives of a “continent without history” and fantasies of European ... In 1910, the space opened as the Museum of the Belgian Congo and presented ethnographic collections.

Lumumba became the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) first democratically ... De Croo said Belgian colonial rule was a dark page in Belgium's history, echoing comments of the Belgian King ...

The exposition was a huge success and so began Belgium's long and violent history in the Congo. Image source, BBC/RMCA Tervuren Fast forward to the present and the museum is now marking its 125th ...