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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

#Grokpedia rocks! Finally, a nuanced encyclopaedic perspective on the atrocities in the Congo under the rule of Leopold II. Thanks to Prof. Bruce Gilley and his groundbreaking work on Colonialism!

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

On 30 June 1960, King Baudouin proclaimed the independence of Congo.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Never forget that rebels from the RPF, including current president Kagame, shot down the presidential plane of then Rwanda's democratically elected president, Juvénal Habyarimana. That his assassination fuelling already existing ethnic tensions in the region ultimately led to the genocide in Rwanda!

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

In 1964 Egyptian President Nasser repeatedly and openly humiliated Moïse Tshombe, the then president of Congo. The Congolese people outraged, especially since it was by an Arab leader, in response organised commemorative events to honour the Belgian victory over the Arab slavers in 1894.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

In 1992 sloot Hecq Congo, een iconische winkel die decennialang koloniale outfits en uitrusting aanbood aan Belgische kolonisten. De winkel was gelegen aan de beroemde Rue des Colonies in Brussel, die vanaf 1903 werd aangelegd ter ere van de opkomende koloniale interesse van die tijd.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Het Belgisch-Zaïrese conflict van 1988-1989 ontstond door geschillen over schulden, wat leidde tot een open conflict tussen beide landen. Na Onderhandelingen werd uiteindelijk een deel van de schulden kwijtgescholden en werd een gezamenlijk beheerd fonds opgericht voor ontwikkelingsprojecten.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

On May 22, 1960, just two months before the nation's independence, the first general elections were held in the #BelgianCongo. The Mouvement National Congolais, led by Patrice Lumumba, won the most seats with 521,187 votes, representing 23.44% of the total. Voter turnout was notably high at 81.8%.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

On July 7, 1930, Prince Leopold of Belgium unveiled a monument honoring General Jacques de Dixmude. The general was famed for his role in the Congo-Arab War, where he founded the town of Albertville in 1892 as a strategic post to combat Arab slavers, whom he decisively defeated the following year.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Moïse Tshombé s'oppose fermement au déploiement imminent des troupes de l'ONU au #Katanga. Selon lui, leur arrivée non seulement n'assurerait pas le maintien de l'ordre, mais risquerait même d'y provoquer le désordre.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Wie het heersende Woke beeld over kolonialisme uitdaagt, krijgt te maken met sociale uitsluiting.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Bertrand Russell, a renowned British philosopher born in 1872, lived through the late 19th century and witnessed firsthand the escalating rivalry between the great powers of Europe.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Le 30 juin 1960, le Congo a obtenu son indépendance.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

In July 1947, Prince Regent Charles of Belgium visited the Rwandan region of the Belgian mandate territories of Ruanda-Urundi, (Today Rwanda and Burundi).

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

On June 30, 1970, King Baudouin met with President Mobutu Sese Seko in Kisangani, Zaire, to mark the 10th anniversary of the country’s independence.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The Africa you wont see in your biased far-left Liberal anti-white mainstream media.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The #American Civil War claimed the lives of 360,000 American soldiers who fought to bring an end to #slavery.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Welcome to 1950's #Kisenyi, in the Belgian mandate territory of Ruanda-Urundi, bordering Goma. Back then a heaven of peace and tranquility.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

During a 1947 visit to Leopoldville in the Belgian #Congo, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery was formally welcomed by Belgian Vice Governor General Petillon, British Consul Mr. Hirchbert, and a honor guard from the Force Publique, the Belgian Colonial Army.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

The global abolition of #slavery has its roots in the work of Christian missionaries, a profound service to humanity, for which they are seldom credited today!

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Colonialism as a political and territorial reality is a recurring pattern in world history, not limited to a particular period or culture. From the expansion of the Persian Empire, to the Mongol empires, Ottoman expansion, the Zhou dynasty in China, and the empires of pre-Columbian America.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Even ter herinnering dat tijdens de BLM/Antifa terreur en beeldenstorm van 2020, Vlaams Belang de enige Belgische Partij was die sterk en standvastig ons erfgoed verdedigde, en dat alle andere partijen, als zwakke, hole en laffe zelf hatende leeglopers, plat op de buik gingen voor de terreur!

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Nowhere is the grandeur of Leopold's vision more evident then in the magnificence of his works.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

In 1909, the city of #Antwerp organized grand colonial celebrations in response to the law of November 18, 1908, which made Congo a Belgian colony, #Congo was extremely important for Antwerp trade. The old King Leopold II and his daughter Princes Clementina were the guests of honour.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

On 30 June 1970, King Baudouin of Belgium paid an official visit to President Mobutu Sese Seko in #Stanleyville (now #Kisangani) to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s independence.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

On July 21, 1959, the last military parade celebrating Belgium's National Holiday marched through the streets of #Stanleyville (now #Kisangani). A year later, the Congo would gain its independence.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

The Belgian National Holiday was also solemnly celebrated in the Belgian Congo. On July 21, the colonial authorities organized official ceremonies during which the Belgian flag was raised and speeches were delivered in honor of the king and the fatherland.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Some people might view “King Hochschild’s Hoax,” as we might call it, as an empowering fable for modern Africans at the expense of the white man. But its debilitating effects on #Africa, and on the #Congo in particular, make the opposite more nearly the case.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Pour nous, la statue de Léopold II reflète une histoire!

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Belgians are called “Noko” (Uncles) in the Congo, which is a sign of deep respect. There is no hate for Belgians or other Europeans in Congo, only love and respect, despite what Western mainstream media and academia may claim!

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

In June 1926, King Albert I presided over the inauguration of the National Monument dedicated to King Leopold II, located on the Throne Square in the heart of Brussels. The equestrian statue, executed in bronze, was conceived and designed by the sculptor Thomas Vinçotte.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

In the summer of 1955, King Baudouin of #Belgium embarked on a historic visit to the #Congo, where throngs of his Congolese subjects gathered to greet him with fervent enthusiasm.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The five centuries-old monarchical rule of the Tutsi minority over the Hutu majority in Rwanda came to an end in the years leading up to independence. Under international pressure, particularly from the US, Belgium introduced democracy. However, this shift in power was not accepted by the Tutsis.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

"What does it matter that its borders are narrow? Have we not seen small States immortalize themselves in history? Is there not in Greece a small monument, the Parthenon, whose harmony and proportion of lines have compelled the admiration of nations for 2000 years?" ― King Leopold II

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Het Boudewijnstadion, gelegen in Leopoldstad, Belgisch Congo, werd officieel ingehuldigd op 1 juli 1952 en bood plaats aan 75.000 mensen. Het bekendste evenement in de geschiedenis van dit stadium was de bokswedstrijd tussen Muhammad Ali en George Foreman op 30 oktober 1974 in het toenmalige Zaïre.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The construction of the Mirror Room was initiated during the reign of Leopold II, a period marked by his imperial ambitions in Africa. Conceived as a space intended to evoke the Congo, the room was decorated with materials symbolically associated with both wealth and industrial progress.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Was #segregation, or as the #Afrikaners called it, #Apartheid, a system that was also prevelant in the Belgian Congo really that bad? Not according to this man. Some aspects were certainly problematic, but in many ways, it was better, than today’s society, wherein #DEI is the ultimate virtue.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

On May 12, 1960, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of #Iran, made a formal state visit to #Belgium, where he was welcomed by King Baudouin and the Royal Guard.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

In the summer of 1977, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of #Iran, soon to become king, embarked on a royal tour of Belgium alongside Prince Philippe of Belgium (later King Philippe), strengthening diplomatic and cultural ties between the Iranian and #Belgian nations.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

In 1955, on his first official state visit to #Congo, King Baudouin was met with great warmth and admiration from the #Congolese people, who had always #loved and #revered the Kings of #Belgium, viewing them as their great protectors.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

La Belgique doit-elle s'excuser auprès du Congo?

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

En octobre 1955, le Nyimi, Grand Chef des #Bakuba, situé dans la province du #Kasaï au #CongoBelge, se rend à #Luluabourg accompagné de ses huit fils. Il fait le déplacement pour rencontrer le roi Baudouin de Belgique à l’occasion de la première visite officielle de ce dernier dans la colonie.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

L'Institut national pour l'étude agronomique du #CongoBelge (INÉAC) était un centre de recherche établi à Yangambi, dans le Congo belge, actif de 1933 à 1962. La création de cet institut s'inscrivait dans le cadre d’un programme plus large appelé « programme de paysannerie indigène ».

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Pope Francis was the first pope to set foot in #Congo since 1985. Now he returns to the Father, welcomed into heaven, where his faithful journey continues.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Gust was undoubtedly the most famous and beloved #gorilla of all time. This Western Lowland Gorilla, born in 1952 near Boma in the #BelgianCongo, arrived at the Zoo of #Antwerp in 1953, where he remained an undisputed favorite of the public for 35 years.

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