For the orderly Belgians, the Congo conference in Brussels had been a three-week nightmare. Even as they were preparing to announce the Congo’s imminent independence, Joseph Kasavubu, 42, the top ...

The latest US-Israeli bombings in Iran differ from last year’s, because one of the stated aims this time is regime change. Engaged in the mass murder of civilians at home and fomenting violence abroad ...

The Golden Age star was married to Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Franchot Tone, Philip Terry and Alfred Steele ...

KoBold received permits last year to search for lithium and other minerals in DRC and struck agreements with Kinshasa to digitize data.

A US mining company backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and ‌Bill Gates is in a tangle with Belgium’s AfricaMuseum over who should ⁠digitise antique maps of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

From Jean Neuhaus Jr.’s invention of the praline to Belgium’s colonial history in Congo, here’s why the country is known as the chocolate capital of the world.

Recent science news features Russia completing repairs at Baikonur's space launch pad, a re-attributed Michelangelo sculpture in Italy, and a conflict between a Belgian museum and a U.S. mining firm ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Millions of records spanning Belgium’s brutal rule in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo are at the ...

Congo striker Jackson Muleka found the back of the net again this weekend in the Turkish league, opening the scoring for ...

NASA is considering United Launch Alliance to provide crucial moon-rocket components, potentially replacing Boeing's costly parts. A marble bust in Rome's basilica is re-attributed to Michelangelo ...

US sanctions target Rwanda’s army over M23 backing, marking a potential turning point in ...

The Belgian trade union UBT-FGTB has criticised a decision by Credendo to grant a bank guarantee linked to financing for ...