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BELGIAN CONGO: If Blood Must Run
Kasavubu began to dream of reviving the fabled 14th century kingdom of the Congo, combining territories now French, Belgian and Portuguese. After his election as one of Léopoldville’s commune ...
Belgium still coming to terms with colonial past
Now there is a much greater recognition of the harm Belgium caused in Belgian Congo and Rwanda. Under Belgian rule the ...
How the CIA used jazz greats as cover for a 1961 coup in Africa
Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...
Where did the crisis in the Congo come from?
War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has exploded into global headlines once again after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern city of Goma. But where did this long cycle of violence in the ...