Belgium, Rwanda’s former colonial ruler, pushed for the European Union to impose sanction against Rwandan officials over their role in invading eastern Congo and plundering its mineral wealth.

Rwanda’s government has blamed Belgium’s colonial rule for the ethnic divisions that sparked the 1994 genocide.

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers is revealing unexpected ways to protect the planet. At sunset, humid air ...

In the late 1950s Pan-African activist Andrée Blouin contributed to Sékou Touré’s campaign for independence in Guinea, then helped Patrice Lumumba’s electoral campaign in the Belgian Congo, before ...

There's information circulating on social media about the presence of Belgian soldiers, and even tanks (sic!), in the Congo ...

annexing Rwandan territories to the Belgian Congo and Uganda. 1916 In 1916, Germany was defeated militarily by Belgium over the control of Rwanda. From 1917, Belgium initiated a deep reform of ...

Rwanda has cut diplomatic ties with Belgium, saying it has been "consistently undermined" by the European nation during the ...

Belgium and Rwanda announced the expulsion of each other's diplomats, as relations deteriorated over allegations about their ...

The ongoing crisis in DR Congo has drawn international attention, with various stakeholders weighing in on its causes and potential resolutions. Former Belgian Senator Alain Destexhe, a long-time ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels on Monday pulled out of peace talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo's government less than 24 ...

Belgium and Rwanda are expelling each other's diplomats in tit-for-tat moves as part of an escalating dispute over the ...

Rwanda has officially severed ties with Belgium, expelling its diplomats and accusing the former colonial power of destabilizing the region ...