Belgium still coming to terms with colonial past
Now there is a much greater recognition of the harm Belgium caused in Belgian Congo and Rwanda. Under Belgian rule the ...
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How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence
The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...
How the CIA used jazz greats as cover for a 1961 coup in Africa
Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...
Rebels threaten to march on another DR Congo city
The militants have recently seized the capital of North Kivu province in the latest escalation of a decades-long conflict ...
M23’s capture of Goma is the latest chapter in eastern Congo’s long-running war
Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...
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The origins of the conflict in the Eastern DRC
After independence in 1960, the 1964 constitution abolished the colonial citizenship structure. It granted nationality to those who could prove their ancestry in Congo predated 1908 (when the Belgian ...
Architectural Review18 小时
Brick by bricolage: Usquare Feder university buildings in Brussels, Belgium by EVR ...
The transformation of a police barracks by EVR Architecten, BC Architects & Studies and Callebaut Architecten in Brussels is ...
Oscar-Nominated Doc Features Filmmakers Explain How Art Is a Powerful Tool of Resistance ...
Joining Pond were "Sugarcane" directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie; "Black Box Diaries" director Shiori Itō; ...