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.

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).

Congo's government is marking the 50th anniversary on Wednesday with pomp and circumstance, and the invited guests include Belgian King Albert II and the U.N. secretary-general.

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.

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.

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 ...