committed in the Congo Free State (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) under the absolute rule of King Leopold II of Belgium. These atrocities... 72 KB (8,913 words) - 20:00, 19 April 2024 |
international and Belgian outrage and the Belgian government transferred control of the region from Leopold II and established the Belgian Congo in 1908. Following... 76 KB (9,200 words) - 19:26, 8 February 2024 |
pressure on Belgium to take official control of the country, which it did in 1908, creating the Belgian Congo. Belgian rule in the Congo was based around... 84 KB (9,737 words) - 09:57, 1 May 2024 |
Belgian apologies to the Congo are the subject of a societal debate in Belgium over the expression of apologies for the role that country has played in... 30 KB (3,110 words) - 19:30, 2 January 2024 |
Vingtième in 1931. The story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy, who are sent to the Belgian Congo to report on events in the country. Amid... 44 KB (5,302 words) - 21:14, 28 May 2023 |
Congolese franc (redirect from Belgian Congo franc) for use in the Congo Free State (1885–1908). After the Free State's annexation by Belgium, the currency continued in the Belgian Congo. The francs were... 17 KB (1,376 words) - 05:49, 3 April 2024 |
their first game in 1948 as Belgian Congo against Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia. The team recorded a 3–2 victory at home. DR Congo has been FIFA affiliated... 67 KB (2,004 words) - 13:16, 29 March 2024 |
Radio Congo Belge also began broadcasting during this period. Bill Alexandre, a Belgian working for CEFA, brought electric guitars to the Congo. Popular... 13 KB (1,738 words) - 20:48, 21 April 2024 |
The Congo Arab war or Arab war was a colonial war fought between the Congo Free State and Arab-Swahili warlords associated with the Arab slave trade in... 30 KB (3,517 words) - 16:47, 19 April 2024 |
of the Congo List of prime ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo List of colonial governors of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo Previously... 9 KB (187 words) - 05:32, 8 March 2024 |
many Belgians managed to escape to the United Kingdom where they formed a government and army-in-exile on the Allied side. The Belgian Congo remained... 74 KB (7,576 words) - 12:49, 25 April 2024 |
1908, Belgium assumed sovereignty over the territories comprising the Congo Free State, officially making the Belgian Congo a colony of Belgium. Colonial... 5 KB (686 words) - 03:47, 9 November 2023 |
Force Publique (redirect from Public Force (Congo)) Republic of the Congo from 1877 (when the territory was known as the Congo Free State), through the period of Belgian colonial rule (Belgian Congo – 1908 to... 38 KB (4,664 words) - 12:01, 3 March 2024 |
contexts Kinshasa is regarded as the 26th province. When Belgium annexed the Belgian Congo as a colony in November 1908, it was initially organised into... 19 KB (841 words) - 23:34, 6 January 2024 |
The Congo descended into chaos and disorder after it became independent from Belgium on 30 June 1960. This prompted a swift return of Belgian troops... 71 KB (8,577 words) - 20:56, 1 May 2024 |