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His reign is the unexpected success story of the 21st century and as he turns 65, King Philippe of the Belgians has plenty to ...

Accordingly, UNSC Resolution 143 (1960) led to the establishment of the United Nations Operation in the Congo (known by its ...

"As I immersed myself in the material, I came across several historical figures who, in the Belgian history books, had been ...

U.S. citizens Marcel Malanga, 22, Tyler Thompson, 22, and Benjamin Zalman-Polun, 37, were all instrumental in an attempt to ...

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

Colonial empires spanned continents, using similar methods to consolidate power and exploit resources. These systems of oppression often blurred the lines between war crimes, human rights abuses, and ...

Rwanda is commemorating the 1994 genocide, in which 800,000 people, most of them from the Tutsi ethnic group, were massacred ...

For its part, Kigali cut diplomatic ties to its former colonial ruler Belgium in March, saying it had "consistently ...

KINSHASA, Congo — (AP) — Major flooding in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa has killed at least 22 people and cut off access to over half of the city and the country's main airport, authorities said ...

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

Heavy downpours in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa have killed around 30 people while wreaking havoc across the central African megacity, an official told AFP on Sunday.