From 1885 until a year before his 1909 death, Belgium’s King Leopold II ruled the Congo Free State as his personal fiefdom, enslaving the region’s inhabitants for the mass production of rubber. The ...

STORY: Belgium's King Philippe returned a traditional mask to Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday (June 8). It was, he said, a symbolic gesture - in a country where many remain angry at ...

Belgium's King Philippe returned a traditional mask to Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday on his first visit to the former colony, where many remain angry at Belgium's failure to apologise for ...

Hew Locke, the British artist, will ‘interrupt the view’ of the King Leopold II statue with golden symbols of the Congo’s exploitation on poles - Hew Locke/City of Ostend/Rii Schroer for The Telegraph ...

This week, King Philippe of Belgium returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a ceremonial mask stolen during the European country’s violent rule of the former colony. The repatriation took ...

LEOPOLD THE UNLOVED—Ludwig Bauer —Little, Brown ($3.50). To readers now over 50, the name of Leopold II of Belgium on the cover of a book will connote one thing—the Congo atrocities. They will ...

Belgium's King Philippe shakes hands with Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi. [Reuters] Belgium's King Philippe reaffirmed his deepest regrets on Wednesday for the exploitation, ...

King Philippe, seen here in a file picture alongside Queen Mathilde, is making his first trip to DR Congo. The country suffered brutal treatment under Belgian ...

Belgium's King Philippe on Wednesday decorated the last surviving Congolese World War II veteran, an AFP correspondent said, during a historic visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Belgian ...

King Leopold II took over leadership of Belgium from his father, King Leopold I, in 1865, and in 1885, hoping to gain power and wealth as well as assuming control of overseas territories like most ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) -Belgium's King Philippe reaffirmed his deepest regrets on Wednesday for the exploitation, racism and acts of violence during his country's colonisation of the Democratic Republic ...