The Belgian ruler Leopold II had elaborate plans to extract resources from Africa. Pachyderms played a part.

According to the official website of National Geographic, Leopold was known for forming the Congo Free State after taking over the African land. He received financial support from the Belgian ...

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a declaration of principles under the aegis of the United States, ...

History often paints a complex picture of its key figures. This article delves into the lives of 20 individuals who were ...

The Belgian press characterised him as dull ... King Philippe publicly denounced the ‘acts of violence and cruely’ comitted against those living in the Congo Free State during the rule of his ...

More importantly, does he realize it was his own house — the Belgian colonial state — that engineered ... the 1994 genocide — are still free. His affiliations with FDU-Inkingi, another ...

To reduce the level of violence in the country, he said, a functional state must be established in DR Congo, with a corruption-free national ... countries including Belgium and comprising the ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...

"The master of the household had to break the news to The Queen, and said afterwards that he'd never seen The Queen as angry, ...

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