Dear critical reader, tragically, the world has, for the most part, ignored the devastating war in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo .

Following the brutal reign of King Leopold II in what was then considered his private property, the Congo became a Belgian colony in 1908. Three years later, the colonial authorities granted ...

Inside the world's 'most expensive mansion' on sale for £306million on the French Riviera and once home to a king ...

Belgium's colonial strategy had ... A well known example of these horrors is when King Leopold II transformed the so-called 'free state' of Congo into his personal fiefdom, claiming 10 million ...

The Order of Leopold was conferred today upon Muni Goldmuntz, Belgian Jewish philanthropist, on the occasion of his 50th birthday. The presentation was made by Minister of Economic Affairs ...