Even by the standards of the 19th century’s colonial scramble Belgium’s treatment of Congo was particularly rapacious. Appropriated as the Congo Free State in 1885, the colony was not a ...

The deal aligns squarely with U.S. strategic interests and President Trump’s ethos for a transactional foreign policy. The ...

After a divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, ...

Climate change and slavery form a vicious cycle. Collective action for a free and livable future is an opportunity to combat both at once.

Slavery is in the very bones of New Orleans, where the essential protective levees, streets and core buildings were constructed by enslaved workers. Captive Black laborers helped grow and harvest the ...

NEW ORLEANS – Stretching 3 miles from the Mississippi River to City Park, Esplanade Avenue is today a leafy thoroughfare lined with 19th-century mansions, restaurants, bars, and other businesses. In ...

If the whole Congo Free State is in slavery, as appears to be the case if Mr. MOREL'S account is true, a new agreement by the Powers is desirable, and one that shall not only abate the cruel ...

The organization’s name suggested a charitable purpose, but Leopold instead went on to establish the Congo Free State, a private empire of slavery and cruelty.

DR Congo is potentially one of the richest countries on earth, but colonialism, slavery and corruption have turned it into one of the poorest, writes historian Dan Snow.

Over 100 years ago, slaves in the Congo Free State, effectively a private colony of Belgian King Leopold II, produced rubber for the European market under inhumane conditions and suffered ...

Discussions on reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonialism are gaining momentum, with Caribbean and African nations calling on former colonial powers to engage on the issue.