The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the richest countries in natural resources—yet one of the poorest in human development. How did a land with such vast potential end up with such a tragic ...

When King Leopold’s Ghost ... The villain of the story, Leopold’s top dog in the Congo, scheming to steal those African diamonds, is Belgian Captain Léon Rom, who promptly kidnaps Tarzan ...

Children and adults had their hands chopped off There is no doubt that Congo's history, and White King, Red Rubber, Black Death are almost too upsetting to bear, however Leopold did leave, albeit ...

Belgium extracted rubber, ivory, diamonds, and uranium from the Congo and gave back nothing ... ruled as an absolute dictator until his overthrow by Kabila. Like King Leopold, Mobuto, who re-named the ...

"That is their payment for having troops on DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) soil." Yearsley put the Kabila government share of the diamond trade at around ... armies and prospectors since the era ...

It has vast reserves of copper, diamond and cobalt ... took over administration of the Congo from Leopold in 1908. Crowds booed the funeral cortege of the king when he died later.

and King Leopold’s wasteful methods of collection had finished the Congo wild-rubber industry. By this time, however, Katanga copper had begun to yield its fabulous riches, and tin, diamonds ...

Across the other side of the globe, King Leopold II of the ... All the while, the Congo became Africa's haven for mercenaries, money launderers and diamond smugglers - while its public ...

Between 1885 and 1908, the Belgian King Leopold II personally ruled the Congo Free State, which was also known as the Independent State of the Congo. Because he ruled the state personally ...