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 ...

Eastern Congo has immense mineral wealth and Mr Kagame has taken the opportunity to grab the mines and plunder the country. Note the bitter irony of this: he accuses Belgium of imperialism while he is ...

Belgium, Rwanda’s former colonial ruler, pushed for the European Union to impose sanction against Rwandan officials over their role in invading eastern Congo and plundering its mineral wealth.