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The Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday celebrated the 100th anniversary of Patrice Lumumba’s birth. An official ...
The Congolese independence leader’s uncompromising speech about 80 years of European colonial brutality and injustice went ...
KINSHASA, Congo — Belgium’s King Philippe expressed his “deepest regrets” for his nation’s abuses in its former colony Congo, telling lawmakers Wednesday on his first official trip to ...
Patrice Lumumba had his body dissolved in acid in 1961, and his gold-capped tooth - his only remains - was kept in Belgium ...
Rwanda’s Consul in Antwerp, Gunther Vanpraet, has blamed the Belgian government’s one-sided diplomatic position on the DR Congo security crisis, calling it both “disrespectful” to Rwanda ...
Kinshasa — Belgian Foreign Minister Andre Flahaut ended a three-day working visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Sunday with a promise to continue military cooperation with Kinshasa ...
Congo-Kinshasa: Belgium Staggers Toward Decolonization D. De Lorenzo/Deutsche Welle Despite widespread protests like this one in June 2020, Belgium has been slow to address its colonial past.
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Belgium’s King Philippe returned a traditional mask to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday as a goodwill gesture during his first visit to the former Belgian ...
Congolese police have arrested six people over a break-in and vandalism earlier this week at the mausoleum of the country’s assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba in Congo’s capital ...
KINSHASA, April 29 (Reuters) - Belgium is open to deeper involvement in Democratic Republic of Congo's minerals sector, its foreign minister said on a visit to the former Belgian colony, ...
BioDev-II visa pilot project: first operational installation at Belgian embassy in Kinshasa. Kinshasa/Brussels — BioDev-II is an experiment of seven EU Member States from the Schengen area, plus the ...