Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and many politicians have enthusiastically welcomed Philippe's visit. Large numbers of ruling party supporters waved Belgian flags, and a banner hanging from ...

Recognition and Responsibility” is being held today under the organization of the Baku Initiative Group, Azernews reports.

To the shocked Belgians, it seemed a bitter reward for their promise of freedom next June 30 to the rich Congo colony. No sooner had the painful independence pact been completed than the Congo’s ...

The scene was set in the unfinished grand ballroom of what was to have been the Belgian Governor’s new official residence. Now it was the debating hall of the Congo’s first Parliament. A grey ...

For the first time, an event dedicated to Belgian colonialism is being held in Baku, bringing together representatives, ...

Five Belgian Congo métis (mixed race) women have won a case they filed against Belgium over crimes against humanity. Belgium governed what is now Democratic Republic of Congo from 1908 to 1960 as a ...

Photographs of a 1930 expedition to Uganda, Eastern Belgian Congo [Democratic Republic of Congo], and the Sudan to collect zoological and botanical specimens for the British Museum of Natural History.

(Adds Doss quote on possible force) By Claudia Parsons UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Belgium said on Wednesday it could contribute to a possible European force in its former colony Congo to ...

In a landmark case, a court ruled that the women, now in their 70s and 80s, who were taken from their parents in Belgian Congo, were victims of a crime against humanity. By Jenny Gross and Elian ...

In a previous article, we explored why there had never been a Tutsi rebel movement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) before 1995. Today, we examine the deep-rooted history of ...

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