Rwanda’s government has blamed Belgium’s colonial rule for the ethnic divisions that sparked the 1994 genocide.

The colonial administration fostered divisions, manipulated ethnic identities, and violently suppressed nationalist movements. When independence became inevitable, Belgium ensured that the ...

Prof Qvortrup says most independence movements are borne out of opposition ... Flanders, the Flemish-speaking part of Belgium, has thrown around the idea of independence for a long time, on ...

The success of an independence movement is never preordained. Not only is independence itself an improbable endeavor in most cases, but the quality of that independence—whether most people are better ...