On 30 June – 2 July 2010, King Albert II and Yves Leterme, the Belgian Prime Minister, visited Kinshasa to attend the festivities marking the 50th anniversary of Congolese independence. Certain practices and traditions from the colonial period have survived into the independent Congolese state.

Kinshasa (/ k ɪ n ˈ ʃ ɑː s ə /; French:; Lingala: Kinsásá), formerly named Léopoldville until 30 June 1966, is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Kinshasa is one of the world's fastest-growing megacities, with an estimated population, in 2024, of 17,032,322. [6] It is the most densely populated city in the DRC, the most populous city in Africa, the ...

2 days ago · The 2025 Kinshasa riots is a series of violent demonstrations that occurred on January 28, 2025 in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Multiple foreign diplomatic missions, including the embassies of the United States, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda, became targets of civil unrest as protesters expressed their opposition to perceived ...

1 day ago · Demonstrators attack embassies of France, Belgium, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and the United States in Kinshasa. Published On 28 Jan 2025 28 Jan 2025 More from Gallery

3 days ago · Violent demonstrations are currently taking place near several embassies, including the Belgian one. In the process, a gate was also set on fire, but this fire was quickly brought back under control. ... FPS Foreign Affairs is closely monitoring the situation and is in close contact with the Belgian embassy in Kinshasa and the Congolese ...

2 days ago · Rioters stormed embassies and started fires in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, drawing tear gas from police, in an eruption of protests over a Rwandan-backed rebel offensive in ...

Please immediately inform the Belgian Embassy, via the address: [email protected] or the consul at the General Consulate of Belgium in Lubumbashi via the address: [email protected]

4 days ago · The embassies of Rwanda, Uganda, France and Belgium have been targeted by protesters in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, in a show of outrage at the ongoing rebel assault on Goma. Some of the ...

Jul 4, 2022 · With the visit of our royal couple to DR Congo from 7 to 13 June 2022, Belgium took a major step forward towards renewed relations with the former colony. The essence of the visit was an effort to reconcile after the dark colonial past and build a hopeful future together.

The European Visa Centre (CEV) in Kinshasa is a common centre for receiving visa applications in accordance with the visa code. This cooperation between several Schengen States was created as a Belgian-Portuguese initiative, co-financed by the External Borders Fund of the European Union.