It also expressed the hope that once free, the Congo would keep ties with Belgium ... In Léopoldville Belgian paratroopers still patrolled the streets, hundreds of whites are keeping revolvers ...

Just across the Congo River from Leopoldville sits Brazzaville ... African police opened fire, and Belgian paratroopers manned key points about the European part of the city.

Belgian paratroopers swooped back into the country ... the authorities made her family - who had moved to Congo - stay in the country as "hostages". The separation was crushing for Blouin ...

Belgian paratroopers swooped back into the country ... To ensure Blouin would not talk to the international press, the authorities made her family - who had moved to Congo - stay in the country as ...

Belgian cycling team Soudal-Quick Step has withdrawn its development team from the upcoming Tour of Rwanda because of safely ...

Belgium on Wednesday warned its citizens against traveling to DR Congo, as Brussels Airlines scrapped a flight to Kinshasa after violent protests erupted over the conflict rocking the east of the ...

Belgium warned its citizens on Wednesday against all travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo following violent protests in Kinshasa, including incidents targeting the Belgian embassy.

Belgium and the Democratic Republic of Congo have become embroiled in a diplomatic spat after a court in Kinshasa upheld a death sentence Monday for a Belgian-Congolese military expert.

Violent demonstrations are currently taking place near several embassies, including the Belgian one. In the process, a gate was also set on fire, but this fire was quickly brought back under control.

Protesters have attacked several embassies in DR Congo's capital Kinshasa, including the French one, during demonstrations on Tuesday against the escalating conflict in the country's east.