These were not immigrants; they were hostages, trafficked through administrative sleight of hand ... that Belgium had arbitrarily reclassified as Congolese since 1910. Even as DR Congo prepared ...

DR Congo and Rwanda are former colonies of Belgium ... but also hypocrisy,” he added. The Belgian hand in Rwanda’s tragic history Speaking to The New Times earlier, experts in history and ...

Belgium responds by saying Rwandan diplomats no longer welcome as ties fray over respective roles in the DRC conflict.

For the orderly Belgians, the Congo conference in Brussels had been ... full assurance that a Congolese government would guarantee Belgian property, shares in colonial corporations have dropped ...

Rwanda has accused Belgium of repeatedly undermining Rwanda over the M23 offensive in Congo. Rwanda announced on Monday that it had severed diplomatic ties with Belgium, giving Belgian diplomats ...

Rwanda has cut diplomatic ties with Belgium, saying it has been "consistently undermined" by the European nation during the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Brussels has been ...

Independence for Congo followed a strange course of events unlike anything else in the rest of Africa. The Belgian Congo was huge and underdeveloped. After the war, new cultural organisations like ...

NAIROBI, March 17 (Reuters) - Belgium and Rwanda announced the expulsion ... roles in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Kigali said it was severing diplomatic relations and ...

In a statement released Monday, Rwanda's foreign ministry said, "The Government of Rwanda today notified the Government of Belgium of its ... Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday said it will ...