The Belgian ruler Leopold II had elaborate plans to extract resources from Africa. Pachyderms played a part.

According to the official website of National Geographic, Leopold was known for forming the Congo Free State after taking over the African land. He received financial support from the Belgian ...

In the Brederodestraat, the short street behind the royal palace, you will find a for Brussels unusual wooden building. It is the Norwegian Chalet that King Leopold II had built to govern a colony ...

Born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he is 65 years old and serves as Archbishop of Kinshasa; he is the only African ...

Despite vast mineral riches, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains impoverished and plagued by conflicts, including ...

In “A Training School for Elephants,” Sophy Roberts revisits an especially bizarre episode from the exploitation of Africa.

but it was King Leopold II of Belgium who took a more personal approach—pouring his own fortune into the Congo. He carefully portrayed himself as a humanitarian, even as his real intentions were ...

Although the rest of Africa seems to have forgotten about the crisis and wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), some ...