What was the Berlin Conference about? In November 1884, German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck took up the task of calling for and hosting the conference in Berlin at the Reich Chancellery, his official ...

Before European powers carved up Africa, parts of what is now the DR Congo were under the rule of the Rwandan king. The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 handed the territory to Belgium’s King ...

For example, consider the Black Holocaust, from the year 1885-1909, perpetuated by King Leopold II of Belgium. He declared himself to be the sole proprietor of the African Congo which was a land ...

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.