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Belgium hands over DR Congo independence hero’s tooth to family

Patrice Lumumba was the first democratically elected prime minister of the DRC after independence from Belgium in 1960.

Al Jazeera · Jun 20, 2022

Belgium returns Congo independence hero's tooth to family

Belgian authorities have returned a gold-capped tooth of the slain Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022

Belgium hands over tooth to family of Congo independence hero

Belgium handed over a tooth, the only known remains of the murdered Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba, to his family during a ceremony in Brussels on Monday.

Reuters · Jun 20, 2022

Retracing Belgium's dark past in the Congo, and attempts to forge deeper ties

Belgian King Philippe and his wife Queen Mathilde recently led a delegation on a week-long visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The trip was billed as a chance to recalibrate the relationship between the two countries after a dark colonial past. We spoke to Julien Bobineau, who has…

The Conversation · Jun 12, 2022

Belgium's King Philippe 'regrets' colonial-era abuses in DRC

Belgium's King Philippe expressed his “deepest regrets” for the pain inflicted during his country’s colonisation of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but stopped short of formally apologising for exploitation, racism and acts of violence.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 9, 2022

Factbox: Belgium's colonial rule in Congo and what happened next

Belgium's King Philippe is on his first visit to former colony Democratic Republic of Congo, where many remain angry at Belgium's failure to apologise for decades of brutal rule.

Reuters · Jun 8, 2022

Belgium's King Philippe begins historic six-day visit to DRC

Belgium’s King Philippe has arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo for an historic visit to the central African country that his ancestor once brutally ruled.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 8, 2022

Belgian king, in shadow of colonial past, to visit DR Congo next week

Belgium's King Philippe on Tuesday begins a historic visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a region cruelly exploited by his ancestors, as tensions rise in the volatile east.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 4, 2022

Africa, Ukraine and Cold War hangover

Many African countries remember the Soviet Union as an ally — and the U.S. as a backer of thugs and tyrants

Salon · Mar 20, 2022

White Malice: how the CIA strangled African independence at birth

Historian Susan Williams grew up in Zambia. Like other scholars of her generation raised in former settler societies of southern Africa, she empathises with the continent’s people.

The Conversation · Feb 9, 2022