The move is a follow-up to Kigali's cutting of diplomatic ties with its former colonial ...

Belgium has denied claims that it has sent troops to engage rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, amid ...

The three Americans convicted for participating in a botched coup attempt in Congo last year have been repatriated to the ...

Three Americans, initially sentenced to death for their involvement in a failed coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

The three will serve out their sentences in the U.S. following the repatriation done in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy.

DR Congo has large deposits of coltan and cobalt ... Jean-Jacques Wondo, a dual Congolese and Belgian citizen who was also ...

a Belgian and a Canadian. Charges included terrorism, murder, criminal association and illegal possession of weapons. The fate of the others was not immediately clear. The Democratic Republic of Congo ...

But as Celtic scouts – fronted by Paul Tisdale – scouted the Belgian, they also took in the efforts of another two players ...

Death sentences have not been carried out in DR Congo for roughly two decades and ... Jean-Jacques Wondo, a dual Congolese and Belgian citizen who was also sentenced to death, was in February ...

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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 ...