KINSHASA, Congo — Belgium’s King Philippe expressed his “deepest regrets” for his nation’s abuses in its former colony Congo, telling lawmakers Wednesday on his first official trip to ...

Kinshasa — Belgian Foreign Minister Andre Flahaut ended a three-day working visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Sunday with a promise to continue military cooperation with Kinshasa ...

Rwanda’s Consul in Antwerp, Gunther Vanpraet, has blamed the Belgian government’s one-sided diplomatic position on the DR Congo security crisis, calling it both “disrespectful” to Rwanda ...

Congo-Kinshasa: Belgium Staggers Toward Decolonization D. De Lorenzo/Deutsche Welle Despite widespread protests like this one in June 2020, Belgium has been slow to address its colonial past.

During his last visit to Kinshasa, the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs discussed the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo with Prime Minister Judith ...

KINSHASA — Belgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have agreed on a way forward for their relationship: Try not to talk about the past.. As the two countries seek to improve their ties, there ...

The remains of Congo’s independence hero and first Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba will be laid to rest in Kinshasa Thursday.. The interment in a specially-built mausoleum will be marked by a ...

BioDev-II visa pilot project: first operational installation at Belgian embassy in Kinshasa. Kinshasa/Brussels — BioDev-II is an experiment of seven EU Member States from the Schengen area, plus the ...

It was hard being a youth in Kinshasa in the 1950s. Known as Leopoldville at the time, the capital of Congo was under the control of Belgian colonialists. Segregation meant there were no-go zones ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Belgium’s King Philippe expressed his “deepest regrets” for his nation’s abuses in its former colony Congo, ...