The Belgian paratroopers had gone back home to a triumphant welcome, but they had probably left too soon. Behind them, the Congo kept sliding back into Stone Age savagery. A pair of rescue columns ...

Just across the Congo River from Leopoldville sits Brazzaville ... African police opened fire, and Belgian paratroopers manned key points about the European part of the city.

The restitution of the relic took place after Belgium’s King Philippe earlier this month expressed his “deepest regrets” for his nation’s abuses in its African former colony, Congo ...

The restitution of the relic took place after Belgium’s King Philippe earlier this month expressed his “deepest regrets” for his nation’s abuses in its African former colony, Congo ...

Belgium’s King Philippe reaffirmed his deepest regrets on Wednesday for the exploitation, racism and acts of violence during his country’s colonization of the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

King Philippe of Belgium expressed his “deepest regrets” for abuses committed during the country’s colonization of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, but he did not offer a ...

Barbara Moens is a trade reporter at POLITICO Europe. KINSHASA — The Belgian royals’ visit to Congo, which ended earlier this week, was an attempt to grapple with Belgium’s grisly colonial past. But ...

the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba were handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys) ...

Belgium's King Philippe shakes hands with Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi. [Reuters] Belgium's King Philippe reaffirmed his deepest regrets on Wednesday for the ...