In Congo itself, humans were the least valued commodity, at the mercy of the worst European failures that Leopold gathered ...

Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness Conrad’s 1899 novella was a searing critique of European colonialism, but especially the form practiced in the misnamed Congo Free State. King Leopold II of Belgium ...

It started with a most deceptive name, the Congo Free State, the name for what was a personal real estate fiefdom for Belgium’s king Leopold who retained mercenary explorers in the 19th Century ...

If I was the leader of Uganda, I would offer and open invitation to citizenship to President Paul Kagame and all former ...

In Central Africa lies a country, almost a subcontinent, roughly the size of all of Western Europe—one of the richest countries in terms of resources, yet one of the poorest in terms of resource gain ...

Concessionary companies made enormous profits in the Congo Free State between 1885 and 1908. The entire country stood under the private ownership of King Leopold II of Belgium. These companies ...

LUBUMBASHI is a city in the mineral-rich Katanga region in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Many people might not have heard of it, but Lubumbashi and its surrounding region have ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo, where rebels are ...

A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to temporarily lift a funding freeze that has shut down U ...

"In Congo, we have a weak state or a non-state ... domestically and muzzling the opposition in elections that are not free or fair, Western countries have often tolerated the autocrat.