Rwanda’s government has blamed Belgium’s colonial rule for the ethnic divisions that sparked the 1994 genocide.

The recent diplomatic spat between Belgium and Rwanda is not an isolated incident but rather a symptom of a much bigger issue. It is a part of a long, ongoing struggle between African nations and ...

Rwanda has cut diplomatic ties with Belgium, saying it has been "consistently undermined" by the European nation during the ...

Belgium, Rwanda’s former colonial ruler, pushed for the European Union to impose sanction against Rwandan officials over ...

In December 2024,the Brussels Court of Appeal found Belgium responsible for crimes against humanity over its treatment of ...

In a landmark case addressing the Belgian colonial past in Africa, the five women fought a legal battle over some some six years to make Belgium recognize responsibility for the suffering of ...

Some critics argue that Belgium, as the former colonial power in the DRC ... which is often considered one of Africa's developmental success stories, yet still heavily depends on foreign aid ...

Rwanda said Monday it had given Belgian diplomats 48 hours to leave the country after cutting ties with Brussels. Belgium recently froze aid and suspended trade agreements over Kigali's aggression in ...

Independence for Congo followed a strange course of events unlike anything else in the rest of Africa ... on the part of the former colonial power. King Baudouin of Belgian made a patronising ...

The promotional blurb for Belgian director Johan Grimonprez’s 2024 documentary describes the film as “the post-colonial struggle for Congo’s resources, told from the unique perspective of Andrée ...

Belgium and Rwanda are expelling each other's diplomats in tit-for-tat moves as part of an escalating dispute over the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwanda announced on Monday ...