The book follows Butcher's mission to recreate the expedition of explorer H. M. Stanley – travelling alone through the Congo. The book not only tells the story of Butcher's journey but the remarkable story of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .

2007年7月3日 · Ever since Stanley first charted its mighty river in the 1870s, the Congo has epitomized the dark and turbulent history of a failed continent. However, its troubles only served to increase the interest of Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher, who …

2022年11月26日 · Belgian King Leopold II and his savage mass atrocities. The Congo Free State was founded by Belgian King Leopold II on February 5, 1885, after he violently annexed the African continent. Unlike...

2009年9月1日 · Tim Butcher’s extraordinary, audacious journey through the Congo is worthy of the great nineteenth-century explorers. Completely enthralling but also a thoughtful and sobering portrait of modern Africa.”

From 1885 to 1908, many atrocities were committed in the Congo Free State (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) under the absolute rule of King Leopold II of Belgium. These atrocities were particularly associated with the labour policies, enforced by colonial administrators, used to collect natural rubber for export.

1999年12月31日 · The Butcher of Congo By Baffour Ankomah, New African, October 1999. Only 90 years ago, the agents of King Leopold II of Belgium massacred 10 million Africans in the Congo. Cutting off hands as we see in Sierra Leone today, was very much part of Leopold's repertoire. Today, Leopold's "rubber terror" has all been swept under the carpet.

2009年9月15日 · Fantastic travelogue chronicling Tim Butcher's journey through some of the most dangerous regions of Africa as he follows the route of Stanley down the Congo River from Lake Tanganyika through the most obscure reaches of Eastern Congo.

2020年10月7日 · As a war correspondent for the Daily Telegraph Tim Butcher quickly became obsessed with one of the world’s most war-ravaged countries – the Congo. Its rich and multi-layered history triggered him to dig deeper in his attempt to better understand “the heart of Africa”.

2017年8月4日 · GENEVA — U.N. human rights investigators warned today of ethnic cleansing in central Congo, documenting the recent killings of more than 250 people, including 62 children, in violence with "no

Siegfried Friedrich Heinrich Müller (26 October 1920 – 17 April 1983), referred to as "Congo Müller" (Kongo-Müller), was a German-born soldier and mercenary. Müller served as an officer-candidate in the Wehrmacht in World War II and, after emigrating to Apartheid South Africa, became a mercenary commanding part of 5 Commando in the Congo ...