Belgium's King Philippe is on his first visit to former colony Democratic Republic of Congo, where many remain angry at Belgium's failure to apologise for decades of brutal rule.

Six biracial women are suing the Belgian government for crimes against humanity in a landmark case after they were snatched from the families decades ago.

When sorry is not enough: Belgium’s king visits Congo, to confront country’s cruel colonial past The monarch is making his first trip to the DRC, the country his relatives helped colonise and ...

An island in the Congo River was once a prime vacation hub and prosperous rubber plantation. Now, visitors are scarce and the jungle is taking over, leaving some locals nostalgic.

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 ...

While Britain and France poured large sums into overseas territories, the Congo colony’s $960 million ten-year development plan has been 70% financed by the Congo itself.

The owner of the prize called it “Congo Free State” a personal property then not yet a colony of his kingdom, Belgium. The other European colonisers upheld Leopold’s ownership of Congo and ...

DR Congo was governed by Belgium as a colony from 1908 to 1960. Monique Bitu Bingi, Léa Tavares Mujinga, Noëlle Verbeken, Simone Ngalula and Marie-José Loshi launched a legal case for ...

The Republic of the Congo is the "little Congo," a former French colony that has Brazzaville as its capital. They are adjacent to each other and separated by the Congo River.