By Alexander Chituc BRUSSELS, March 27 (Reuters) - A former high-profile Belgian diplomat has appealed against a court decision ordering him to stand trial over the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patrice Lumumba's only surviving remains, a tooth, were laid to rest in Kinshasa in 2022 [AFP via Getty Images] A Belgian court ...

The Kimbanguist Church, founded by Simon Kimbangu, plays a crucial role in Congo's socio-political landscape, offering a ...

By Inti Landauro BRUSSELS, March 17 (Reuters) - A Brussels court on Tuesday ordered a former high-profile Belgian diplomat to stand trial over the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime ...

Antique maps and other geological archives are at the heart of an increasingly ugly showdown between Belgium’s colonial museum and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In a rare judgment on Belgian involvement in a former colony, a Belgian court ordered on Tuesday that a 93-year-old former diplomat stand trial for the 1961 assassination of Congo's former prime ...

"While the impact of a colonising metropole on subjected territories has been widely scrutinized, the effect of empire on the colonising country has long been neglected. Recently, many studies have ...

A Belgian court orders a 93-year-old former diplomat to stand trial over Patrice Lumumba’s 1961 assassination, in a rare case tied to Belgium’s colonial past FILE - Portrait of independence leader of ...