In Congo itself, humans were the least valued commodity, at the mercy of the worst European failures that Leopold gathered ...
‘Tragically, Congo’s horror remains unchanged. Foreigners full of lust, rebel groups, and a corrupt government have and are ...
Last Wednesday (May 18th) saw another repeat of the BBC documentary White King, Red Rubber, Black Death, on the Belgian TV channel Canvas.
The creation of a commission of inquiry demonstrates growing international recognition of the need to address impunity for past abuses in eastern Congo, which has been fueling atrocities for decades.
A British sculptor has been chosen to make “an artistic intervention” to a divisive statue of the Belgian king ... of the Congo’s exploitation, including a severed hand and Leopold’s ...
Congo has been wracked by more than a century of violent colonization and imperialism resulting in millions of deaths—and ...