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Belgium's DR Congo Complex: The delusion of relevance
Imagine a man in a tailored suit, sweating profusely as he chases a bus that's long since pulled out of the station. He waves frantically, shouting at the passengers inside—particularly one sitting ...
The vehicle for Belgium’s entry into the Scramble for Africa was the International African Association. The organization’s ...
The intensifying security crisis in parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the years is undermining ...
For me, the 100th anniversary of Virunga National Park is the fruit of resistance. A peaceful resistance led by local ...
He deconstructed what he called “the colonial library”: the accounts of Africa by Europeans whose aim, he said, was to ...
Belgium's foreign minister told AFP that Rwanda's "legitimate" security concerns in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...
Threatened by armed conflict, volcanic activity and rampant deforestation, Africa's oldest national park is turning to a new ...
The vilest scramble for loot that has ever disfigured the history of human conscience” is how Joseph Conrad described colonial-era concessions granted to private companies for Congo’s natural resource ...
The number of people found dead after a boat accident in Congo has risen to 148, officials have said. They say hundreds are still missing after a motorised wooden boat caught fire and capsized on ...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said Friday. About 500 passengers ...
Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has returned to Congo after two years of self-imposed exile abroad Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila, accused by the government of supporting rebels ...
Officials say the death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in Congo earlier this week has risen to 148 with more than 100 people still missing KINSHASA, Congo -- The death toll from a boat fire ...