The owner of the prize called it “Congo Free State” a personal property then not yet a colony of his kingdom, Belgium. The other European colonisers upheld Leopold’s ownership of Congo and its ...

DR Congo War - Talks Failing, Time for Sanctions?

Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness Conrad’s 1899 novella was a searing critique of European colonialism, but especially the form practiced in the misnamed Congo Free State. King Leopold II of Belgium ...

They can also be tax-free at the state and local government level, depending on the bond, where it is issued and where it was bought. In most cases, you won't pay state taxes on interest income if ...

Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is one of South Africa’s leading news and information websites bringing millions of readers breaking news and updates on Politics, Current Affairs ...

8, 2025. (AP Photo/Elia Yunga) Heads of state and delegates from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC) attends a joint summit to address conflict in ...

Following US President Donald Trump’s refugee offer to SA farmers, Free State Agriculture President Francois Wilken welcomes support. Picture: iStock Free State Agriculture has welcomed a ...

The Panama Canal Authority late Wednesday denied the State Department’s claim that it had agreed to a deal to allow U.S. vessels to pass through the canal without paying any toll or fees ...

Supported by It was one of the deadliest battles in decades in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After the city of Goma fell to a rebel group known as M23 last week, the International Red Cross ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the State Department’s assertion that Panama “has agreed to no longer charge fees” to US government vessels transiting the Panama Canal ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Leaders from eastern and southern Africa on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo ... and dialogue with all state and non-state parties,” including ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in even more countries, analysts warn, and the two nations most ...