KINSHASA, Congo — Belgium’s King Philippe expressed his “deepest regrets” for his nation’s abuses in its former colony Congo, telling lawmakers Wednesday on his first official trip to ...

Rwanda’s Consul in Antwerp, Gunther Vanpraet, has blamed the Belgian government’s one-sided diplomatic position on the DR Congo security crisis, calling it both “disrespectful” to Rwanda and a threat ...

Belgium-based Congolese artist Jean Precy Numbi ... successive repairs in Lingala – the most widely spoken language in Kinshasa, says Samba. He points to that fact that many vehicles that ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Belgium’s King Philippe expressed his “deepest regrets” for his nation’s abuses in its former colony Congo, telling lawmakers Wednesday on his first official trip ...

They pillaged all our resources, and today you invite the Belgian king again?” said Junior Bombi, a salesman in Kinshasa’s central market. Antoine Roger Lokongo, a professor at the University ...

Rwanda's foreign affairs ministry suspended all diplomatic relations with Belgium in March 2025. Soon afterwards, Belgium expelled Rwandan diplomats. This came weeks after Belgium had suspended ...

After Uganda and Burundi, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Prévot concluded his tour of the Great Lakes region in the Democratic Republic of Congo. On Monday ...

The remains of Congo’s independence hero and first Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba will be laid to rest in Kinshasa Thursday ... became independent from Belgium. Lumumba is widely hailed as ...

The return of Lumumba’s tooth from former colonizer Belgium in 2022 had been celebrated around Congo, with the tooth taken around the vast country so people could pay their respects.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP ... Day holiday marking the day in 1960 when the country became independent from Belgium. Lumumba is widely hailed as the nationalist activist who helped to end colonial ...

KINSHASA — Belgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have agreed on a way forward for their relationship: Try not to talk about the past. As the two countries seek to improve their ties, ...