Just across the Congo River from Leopoldville sits Brazzaville ... African police opened fire, and Belgian paratroopers manned key points about the European part of the city.

Instead they flew Belgian paratroopers who ... In retrospect, the Congo operation was another commentary on the well-worn adage, “Too little and too late.” It was indeed a dark hour.

Belgium and the Democratic Republic of Congo have become embroiled in a diplomatic spat after a court in Kinshasa upheld a death sentence Monday for a Belgian-Congolese military expert.

When Congo was under Belgian colonial rule between 1908 and 1960, thousands of mixed-race children were abducted from their Black mothers and raised as orphans in Catholic institutions and homes.

Belgium warned its citizens on Wednesday against all travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo following violent protests in Kinshasa, including incidents targeting the Belgian embassy.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Belgium has started a criminal probe into allegations that Apple has knowingly sourced “blood minerals ...

It also expressed the hope that once free, the Congo would keep ties with Belgium ... In Léopoldville Belgian paratroopers still patrolled the streets, hundreds of whites are keeping revolvers ...

Belgium on Wednesday warned its citizens against traveling to DR Congo, as Brussels Airlines scrapped a flight to Kinshasa after violent protests erupted over the conflict rocking the east of the ...

Jan 20 (Reuters) - An investigating magistrate has been appointed in Belgium after Democratic Republic of the Congo in December filed criminal complaints accusing Apple subsidiaries of using so ...