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2. Category : Perpetrators of atrocities in the Congo Free State

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   Pages in category "Perpetrators of atrocities in the Congo Free State" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

3. Atrocities in the Congo Free State - Wikipedia

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   King Leopold II, whose rule of the Congo Free State was marked by severe atrocities, violence and major population decline.. Even before his accession to the throne of Belgium in 1865, the future king Leopold II began lobbying leading Belgian politicians to create a colonial empire in the Far East or in Africa, which would expand and enhance Belgian prestige. [2]

4. List of massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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   Belgian Mission - Congo Genocide: 1890 to 1910 10/15 Millions Deaths By King Leopold II, the constitutional monarch of Belgium against African Congolese people. In the 19th century, Leopold II, tried to persuade the governance to colonize certain areas of Africa. Under the pretext of humanitarian purposes, he managed to legally own the Kongo ...

5. Herzekiah Andrew Shanu - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] However, in 1884, he entered the colonial service of the Congo Free State as a clerk, eventually rising to the rank of district sub-commissioner and serve as a French-English translator in the office of the governor-general in Boma. [3] Establishing himself in Boma, then the capital, he opened a general store and photographic studio.

6. Category:Atrocities in the Congo Free State - Wikipedia

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   Opposition to atrocities in the Congo Free State (1 C, 6 P) P. Perpetrators of atrocities in the Congo Free State (10 P) W. Works based on Heart of Darkness (1 C, 5 P)

7. Congo Free State propaganda war - Wikipedia

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   The Congo Free State propaganda war (1884–1912) occurred at the height of European imperialism.Demand for goods drove European imperialism, and the European stake in Asia was confined largely to trading stations and strategic outposts necessary to protect trade.

8. What's the fighting in DR Congo all about? - AOL

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   DR Congo's government, as well as the US and France, have also identified Rwanda as backing the group. Last year, a UN experts report said that up to 4,000 Rwandan troops were fighting alongside ...

9. Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia

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   A stamp of the Congo Free State, used in Boma around 1900 View to the north from Boma, 1889. Boma is a port town on the Congo River, some 100 kilometres (62 mi) upstream from the Atlantic Ocean, in the Kongo Central Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), adjacent to the border with Angola. It had an estimated population of ...