that was once the private property of King Leopold II. They kept the 12.8 ... fabled 14th century kingdom of the Congo, combining territories now French, Belgian and Portuguese.

Protesters in the Congo attacked the historically significant ... January 28. Under King Leopold II, Belgium brutalised the country with unrestrained evil between 1885 and 1908, using extreme ...

The current conflict in the DRC is not just a crisis of governance or ethnic tensions but a direct continuation of a colonial ...

Last Wednesday (May 18th) saw another repeat of the BBC documentary White King, Red Rubber, Black Death, on the Belgian TV channel Canvas.

Congo, where the city is located, is thought to be one of the world's most linguistically diverse nations, with more than 200 ...

The international response to the cruel treatment of Africans forced King Leopold II to make the Congo Free State a colony of Belgium. It was then known as the Belgian Congo, until it gained its ...

War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has exploded into global headlines once again after Rwanda-backed rebels captured ...

The transformation of a police barracks by EVR Architecten, BC Architects & Studies and Callebaut Architecten in Brussels is ...

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