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 ...

King Philippe publicly denounced the ‘acts of violence and cruely’ comitted against those living in the Congo Free State during the rule of his great-great-granduncle, King Leopold II. This modern ...

Later, however, he besmirched his reputation by accepting money from King Leopold II of Belgium to help create the Congo Free State and promote the slave trade. Though he returned to Britain ...

Corneille Nangaa, the leader of Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) movement, has emphasized the need for a violence-free DR Congo to foster peace and economic development. To reduce the level of violence in ...

Representatives of Congo’s government and M23 rebels met in Qatar earlier this month as the Gulf Arab state leads renewed efforts to get both parties to return to dialogue and recommit ...

The US may provide financing to companies operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo through the Export–Import Bank of the ...

WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - The United States expects a minerals deal being negotiated with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will involve a range of private sector partners ...

Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila, accused by the government of supporting rebels in the country's east, returned to Congo from self-imposed exile on Friday, arriving in the rebel-held eastern ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States expects a minerals deal being negotiated with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will involve a range of private sector partners, State Department ...

The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, ...