List of colonial governors of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo information

a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the...

The Congo Free State, also known as the Independent State of the Congo (French: État indépendant du Congo), was a large state and absolute monarchy in...

(DRC), in 1964. Colonial rule in the Congo began in the late 19th century. King Leopold II of the Belgians attempted to persuade the Belgian government to...

were committed in the Congo Free State (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) under the absolute rule of King Leopold II of Belgium. These atrocities...

Republic of the Congo List of prime ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo List of colonial governors of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo Previously...

Republic of the Congo Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo List of colonial governors of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo After Law...

The involvement of the Belgian Congo (the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) in World War II began with the German invasion of Belgium in May...

The Congo Free State propaganda war was a worldwide media propaganda campaign waged by both King Leopold II of Belgium and the critics of the Congo Free...

Leopold II of Belgium to further his interests in the Congo. [dubious – discuss] It replaced the Belgian Committee for Studies of the Upper Congo (Comité...

Belgium controlled several territories and concessions during the colonial era, principally the Belgian Congo (modern DR Congo) from 1908 to 1960, Ruanda-Urundi...

(b. 1918 - d. 2003) Belgian Congo Raphaël Etifier French colonial empire French Equatorial Africa List of French possessions and colonies Ngalifourou...

the capital the status of a province. Therefore, in many contexts Kinshasa is regarded as the 26th province. When Belgium annexed the Belgian Congo as...

the Belgian Congo demanded the end of colonial rule: this led to the country's independence on 30 June 1960. Minimal preparations had been made and many...

the Belgian government and its Ministry of Colonies. Belgian rule in the Congo was based around the "colonial trinity" (trinité colonial) of state, missionary...

a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the...

Internationale Africaine (1877–1885), the Congo Free State (1885–1908), and the Belgian Congo (1908–1960) Flag of Congo-Léopoldville from independence 30...

Demokratíki) is the head of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The position of president in the DRC has...

colonized. By the end of the 19th century, the Basin had been carved up by European colonial powers, into the Congo Free State, the French Congo and the Portuguese...

King Leopold II of Belgium formally acquired rights to the Congo territory from the colonial nations of Europe in 1885 and declared the land his private...

II as Congo Free State in 1885 where the many Atrocities in the Congo Free State were committed until the region was called the Belgian Congo. Africa...

language of the country since its colonial period under Belgian rule. Therefore, the variety of French used in the DRC has many similarities with Belgian French...

the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908. Born in Brussels as the second...

cede control of the Congo Free State to the Belgian state. Situated outside of the governing colonial trinity of state, Catholic church, and companies,...

The mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Industrie minière de la République Démocratique du Congo) produces copper, diamonds...

Republic of the Congo from 1877 (when the territory was known as the Congo Free State), through the period of Belgian colonial rule (Belgian Congo – 1908...

changes in the period before the Congo Free State was annexed by Belgium to become the Belgian Congo. A decree of 3 September 1886 by the administrator...

music in the Lingala language; most songs from the Democratic Republic of the Congo are sung in Lingala. Since the colonial era, Kinshasa, Congo's capital...

in the Belgian Congo on 22 May 1960, in order to create a government to rule the country following independence as the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Léopoldville)...