“A secret society of murderers with a king for a ringleader”.

Tom and Dominic set out on their shocking journey into the history of the subjugation of the Congo Free State to the monstrous King Leopold of Belgium.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been in the headlines as of late with reports about conflict and the advances of the so-called March 23 Movement rebels. But the colonial history and ...

After talks in Qatar, the two countries’ presidents said they were committed to an unconditional truce between Congo’s army ...

Belgium, Rwanda’s former colonial ruler, pushed for the European Union to impose sanction against Rwandan officials over ...

Le récit colonial de la Belgique au Congo serait-il la chose historique la moins bien partagée à l’école du royaume ? Face au tollé provoqué par ses propos, la députée a dû préciser ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels on Monday pulled out of peace talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo's government less than 24 ...

Pressure on Rwanda could produce a short-term solution to the crisis in the Congo. Belgium, Rwanda’s former colonial ruler, cut ties on Monday with the country over its role in the Congo.

Areas that ended up under Leopold, known as the Congo Free State, would suffer some of the worst brutalities of colonisation, with hundreds of thousands worked to death on rubber plantations ...

Rwanda has cut diplomatic ties with Belgium, saying it has been "consistently undermined" by the European nation during the ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame met in Doha on Tuesday for the first time since the latest M23 advance that has seen the rebels ...

Watching the events of the past few weeks, analysts and diplomats have wondered whether Kagame merely aims to balkanize Congo, the better to pursue his economic and political agenda, or whether he ...