Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen recurrent armed conflict, political tensions, regional power struggles and battles over its natural resources ...

Belgium accused of colonial-era crimes against humanity in Congo This Belgian interference also led ... the institutional crisis. July-August 1960: The Katanga and South Kasai secessions The ...

Rwanda’s severance of diplomatic relations with Belgium has triggered a debate about Belgium’s role in the current conflicts in Africa’s great lakes region. President Paul Kagame accused Belgium of ...

But in CAR, where it is led by Prigozhin’s former right-hand man, Dmitri Sytyi, it is still known as Wagner – and its forces ...

These questions extend beyond Rwanda's borders--to Burundi and the perpetually unstable Democratic Republic of Congo ... and ...

After Congo fell into years of violence following its independence from Belgium in 1960 — violence that ... “Who else?” “The Belgians,” Mr. Kilroy said. So when he addressed the throngs ...

Els Van Hoof, a Belgian Federal Member of Parliament ... Belgium's colonial history, including its past control over Rwanda, Burundi, the Congo, and the Lado Enclave until the 1960s, casts a long ...

Three Americans convicted in a failed coup in DR Congo were repatriated to the US.. Their transfer coincided with ongoing ...

The majority of the people in eastern DRC are Tutsis who have strong ties with other Tutsi groups across the border. Tutsis have long seen themselves as victims of the haphazard drafting of borders.