‘Tragically, Congo’s horror remains unchanged. Foreigners full of lust, rebel groups, and a corrupt government have and are ...

When Leopold II, King of Belgium, set about creating his own colony in the Congo, he used elephants - and barbaric cruelty - to clear the impenetrable jungle ...

For countries like India, the stakes are enormous. To participate in the post-hydrocarbon global economy, the country needs ...

The transformation of a police barracks by EVR Architecten, BC Architects & Studies and Callebaut Architecten in Brussels is ...

Congo, where the city is located, is thought to be one of the world's most linguistically diverse nations, with more than 200 ...

Concessionary companies made enormous profits in the Congo Free State between 1885 and 1908. The entire country stood under the private ownership of King Leopold II of Belgium. These companies were ...

Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the ...

The United Nations has 14,000 of its blue helmet soldiers in the Kivu region, and this past December, 14 blue helmets were killed. The countries that make up the Southern African Development Community ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most resource-rich nations on earth, yet its people remain trapped in poverty, instability, and perpetual war .

Slavery lasted for approximately 246 years from 1619 to 1865. In addition to that, there were 12 years of R econstruction and 91 years of J im Crowism (legalized discrimination). It is estimated that ...

Protesters in the Congo attacked the historically significant ... January 28. Under King Leopold II, Belgium brutalised the country with unrestrained evil between 1885 and 1908, using extreme ...