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.

During the Black Lives Matter protests, sparked by the killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020, statues of King Leopold I, who ruled the Congo as his private colony from 1885 to 1908, were ...

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 painting, titled “Congo Belge II,” was made in the 1970s and depicts a period in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (previously know as Zaire), a former Belgian colony.

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 ...

At the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Brussels, a controversial exhibition examines the country's role in Congo. Belgium confronts its colonial past - Los Angeles Times ...

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 ...

When, shortly afterward, he became the first prime minister of an independent Congo, once their largest and most profitable colony, they supported a military coup that culminated in his killing.

Leopold II ruled Belgium from 1865-1909 - activists want this statue in Brussels removed due to his brutal regime in Congo Free State Inside the palatial walls of Belgium's Africa Museum stand ...

The painting, titled “Congo Belge II,” was made in the 1970s and depicts a period in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (previously know as Zaire), a former Belgian colony.