Few relationships are as fraught with complexity and moral ambiguity as those between the United States and the Democratic ...

In addition to the continent being divided up amongst European countries, King Leopold II was given the Congo Free State as his own personal possession. The Congo Free State is now known as the ...

Dear critical reader, tragically, the world has, for the most part, ignored the devastating war in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo .

Belgium’s King Leopold also sent emissaries to secure recognition of the “International Congo Society”, an association formed to establish his personal control of the Congo Basin.

On the political front, King Leopold II exploited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 1885 as his private property, and after his death, he bequeathed it to the Kingdom of Belgium.