Belgium is perhaps better known for having colonised the Congo. However, it also colonised present-day Rwanda and neighbouring Burundi. Belgian forces conquered Rwanda, a former German colony, in 1916 ...

Independence for Congo followed a strange course of events unlike anything else in the rest of Africa. The Belgian Congo was huge and underdeveloped. After the war, new cultural organisations like ...

Belgium has successfully pushed the EU to impose sanctions on its former colony, Rwanda, over its military involvement in DR Congo. Rwanda has not taken the decision lightly.The tensions had been ...

Rwanda has accused Belgium of repeatedly undermining Rwanda over the M23 offensive in Congo. Rwanda announced on Monday that it had severed diplomatic ties with Belgium, giving Belgian diplomats ...

Rwanda has cut all diplomatic ties with Belgium. As per reports, the European nation has been accused of "undermining Rwanda" during the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.