Of the Europeans who scrambled for control of Africa at the end of the 19th century, Belgium's King ... There is no doubt that Congo's history, and White King, Red Rubber, Black Death are almost too ...

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By some estimates, killings, famine and disease killed up to 10 million Congolese during just the first 23 years of Belgium’s rule from 1885 to 1960, when King Leopold II ruled the Congo Free ...

famine and disease caused the deaths of up to 10 million Congolese during just the first 23 years of Belgium's rule from 1885 to 1960, when King Leopold II ruled the Congo Free State as a personal ...

In 1879-1880, as Henry Morton Stanley was secretly mapping the Congo River and procuring trade treaties from local leaders, ...

De Croo hailed the six-day trip as a “historic moment.” Belgium’s King Leopold II took power of Congo in 1885, when European leaders carved up Africa into imperial holdings. The king was ...

Between 1885 and 1908, the Belgian King Leopold II personally ruled the Congo Free State, which was also known as the Independent State of the Congo. Because he ruled the state personally ...

Belgian King Philippe is visiting his country’s former colony ... Philippe’s great-great-uncle King Leopold II seized Congo as his personal fiefdom in the 19 th century, in a rule that was ...

“On the occasion of my first trip to Congo, here, in front of the Congolese ... to have died between 1885 and 1908 when Belgium’s King Leopold II ruled the country as his personal fiefdom ...

famine and disease caused the deaths of up to 10 million Congolese during just the first 23 years of Belgium’s rule from 1885 to 1960, when King Leopold II ruled the Congo Free State as a ...