Belgian king offers ‘deepest regrets’ for Congo atrocities Leopold, who ruled Belgium during 1865-1909, plundered Congo as if it were his personal fiefdom ...

Belgium’s King sends ‘regrets’ to Congo for Leopold II atrocities – but doesn’t apologize By Rob Picheta , CNN 5 minute read ...

KING LEOPOLD DENIES CHARGES AGAINST HIM; ... King Leopold of Belgium denied categorically the reports which have been circulated so widely of atrocities practiced in the Congo.

The Belgian government created a mythology around Leopold II, erasing the public memory of the Congo atrocities and replacing it with a narrative of a benevolent king who brought glory to Belgium. The ...

The King of Belgium has sent his "deepest regrets" to the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the "suffering and humiliation" his nation inflicted while it colonized the region ...

The horrific atrocities that took place in the Congo Free State are often compared to the Holocaust, with king Leopold II of Belgium being compared to the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Between 1885 ...

LEOPOLD THE UNLOVED—Ludwig Bauer —Little, Brown ($3.50). To readers now over 50, the name of Leopold II of Belgium on the cover of a book will connote one thing—the Congo atrocities. They ...

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Affleck will direct King Leopold’s Ghost, a fact-based drama about the plunder of the Congo by Belgium’s King Leopold II in the late 1800s.One Community, which co-financed Just ...

A British sculptor has been chosen to make “an artistic intervention” to a divisive statue of the Belgian king whose brutal colonisation of the Congo inspired Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.

International outrage grew, and Leopold was forced to step away from the Congo Free State in 1908. Alice Seeley Harris. John was knighted in 1933 for his role in exposing the abuse, but Alice’s ...

Belgium’s King sends ‘regrets’ to Congo for Leopold II atrocities – but doesn’t apologize ... 2020 shows the defaced statue of King Leopold II of Belgium in Brussels.

Belgium’s King sends ‘regrets’ to Congo for Leopold II atrocities – but doesn’t apologize ... 2020 shows the defaced statue of King Leopold II of Belgium in Brussels.