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

HISTORY: Personal fiefdom of Belgian King Leopold II from 1885 to 1908, when it became the colony of Belgian Congo. Civil war broke out almost immediately after independence in 1960. The country has ...

Internationally, Belgium is well-known for the atrocities its then-King Leopold II and later the State committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) under colonial rule. Strikingly, many ...

Independence was preceded by a long history of colonial rule, starting in the 1880s as the private possession of King Leopold II under the facade of the Congo Free State. As of 1908, it was as an ...

Despite estimates that 10 to 20 million Congolese were killed under King Leopold II’s regime, global recognition of this genocide remains ... Belgian Congo (1885–1908) 10–20 million ...

Beethoven: Napoleon and the Music of War LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall The Rest is History live at the Royal Albert Hall discuss the life of Beethoven. Mozart: History's Greatest Prodigy LIVE at ...

Jeddah, July 21, 2024, SPA -- His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, has sent a cable of congratulations to King Philippe of Belgium on ...