For a prosperous half-century, tiny Belgium successfully ruled the vast, mineral-rich Congo with what seemed to be the most foolproof of colonial formulas: steady economic progress, combined with ...

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.

Belgium's King Philippe reaffirmed his deepest regrets on Wednesday for the exploitation, racism and acts of violence during his country's colonisation of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but ...

Belgium’s King Philippe reaffirmed his deepest regrets on Wednesday for the exploitation, racism and acts of violence during his country’s colonization of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but ...

For the Congo’s African citizens there are 2,468 hospitals and dispensaries; more than 1,300,000 Coagolese children are in primary school (in higher education, the number drops sharply to 12,000).

During the 23 years from 1885 to 1908 that Congo was the personal fiefdom of King Leopold — it belonged to the king, not to Belgium — an estimated 10 million Africans died, worked to death ...

Protesters in the Congo attacked the historically significant Belgian Embassy amid anger at foreign interference in the country. Footage shows the rioters outside the building in the capital ...

KIVUYE, Congo — In each classroom, it is easy to detect the students who have fled from the militias. They are the oldest. They have missed years of school from a life on the run.

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 ...

Belgium to pay damages for forced separations in Congo during colonial rule. Belgium’s Court of Appeals on Monday ordered ... recalled being called “café au lait” (coffee with milk) at school.

KINSHASA (Reuters) – Belgium’s King Philippe returned a traditional mask to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday as a goodwill gesture during his first visit to the former Belgian ...