News reports and social media posts have been circulating online claiming that Belgium has deployed troops to the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to fight against rebels in the ...

Independence for Congo followed a strange course of events unlike anything else in the rest of Africa. The Belgian Congo was huge and underdeveloped. After the war, new cultural organisations like ...

Imagine a man in a tailored suit, sweating profusely as he chases a bus that's long since pulled out of the station. He waves frantically, shouting at the passengers inside—particularly one sitting ...

KINSHASA, - Belgium is open to deeper involvement in Democratic Republic of Congo's minerals sector, its foreign minister said on a visit to the former Belgian colony, which is seeking to ...

According to the official website of National Geographic, Leopold was known for forming the Congo Free State after taking over the African land. He received financial support from the Belgian ...

[Reuters] Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo fired tear gas Monday to disperse protesters who burned tyres and U.S. and Belgian flags near Western embassies and U.N. offices in the capital ...

Belgium's foreign minister told AFP that Rwanda's "legitimate" security concerns in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could not justify its former colony's backing for the M23 armed group. In ...

Belgium has denied claims that it has sent troops to engage rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, amid a diplomatic spat between Belgium and Rwanda. View on euronews ...