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

Faced with this persistent persecution, Rwanda made the only rational choice: it cut Belgium off. The decision to sever diplomatic ties with the Kingdom was not an act of aggression; it was an act of ...

Opinion - Faced with this persistent persecution, Rwanda made the only rational choice: it cut Belgium off. The decision to sever diplomatic ties with the Kingdom was not an act of aggression; it was ...

Biologist Vidya Rajan decodes the science and history behind rubber, a substance that forms the basis of modern life ...

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Column - U.S. President Donald Trump manages to drop the white savior mentality often portrayed by his predecessors. When DR Congo said "take my minerals and crush Rwanda," he showed the European ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo said it may impose strict curbs on cobalt exports when its existing four-month ban ends. The country accounts for nearly three-quarters of global cobalt mine ...

The sudden appearance of the Belgian claims in the struggle to prevent ... in any way due to the fact that King Leopold, as reported, is acting in the interest of British bankers who desire ...

the passage of the Congo treaty by the Chamber means that the annexation of the State to Belgium is now practically assured and the personal rule of King Leopold in Africa is drawing to a close ...

Since the colonial era, when Congo was under the absolute rule of King Leopold II of Belgium, foreign powers have been not only pillaging natural resources from the Free State of Congo (today known as ...