on controlling congo's resources.aim -- the impact is everlasting. so if it's sincere and they approach to congo, he must go further. and get to the root of the problem, just to make sure that there is peace within the country. there's always one fight going on over the other. so what happened during the colonial times in the independence time, it still resonated. >> human rights watch suggested that financial reparations from belgium, which would be paid by the belgian taxpayer, would be balanced by the economic benefits that are driving from colonialism on which belgium continues to drive. how does belgium continue to thrive economically from its exploitation of the democratic republic of congo, and how could belgium take full responsibility, what could that look like? quakes you only have to walk the streets of brussels to see the amount of wealth that belgian derived from congo from the colonial time onwards, and we are talking about the systematic transfer of a normal swell well from one african economy to a euro

and what's out one day, democratic republic of congo. the arrival of belgium's royal capital on the 1st visit to the country is being billed as a way to move forward. but without a long list of historical grievances than he congolese, a skeptical any real action or accountability can be achieved. you know, i wish that the president takes care of what is important to the con, the lease, instead of making use of expenses by inviting this royal couple. we have important things to settle here, like free education. teachers are not well paid, but the president prefers to invite the belgian king to do what to loot us again. what was it? yes, i am happy with the arrival of the belgians king because he is going to come and see what they have left us. if the congo has evolved again backwards, it is like a mother who abounded her children for years, and she comes back to check how the children are living. so let him come what we don't know what he is going to bring us. if it is to destroy us even more, we don't know if the belgian is well aware of

rwanda is not like congo.xtremely vulnerable to any accidental or otherwise, deliberate shelling of its population. kiniki is the place where we have invested -- mohammed: sorry to interrupt you, let me get back to the point you're making. i want to ask your opinion on all this tension that is escalating right now could actually spillover into a full-blown war between the neighbors. how big of fear is there right now? guest: there are fears that this could escalate into a regional war, given the nature of the accusations going on from different sides, and given the dynamics, the narratives and especially also the flames that are igniting in the media, particularly social media. and of course, politicians reacting to all of that. i think the threat is realistic. with the fighting in one area, with the border posts occupied by the m23, anything can happen from there. and from what i can read in social media, subject to verification, a lot of congolese soldiers have crossed again into uganda. a lot can happen. on

about 10000000 congo leaves died. the king's brutal rule was deemed so cruel that 23 years later he was forced to relinquish control to belgium's parliament. that the congolese was still unable to own land vote or travel freely before declaring independence and 960 democratic republic of congo had become africa, the richest quality producing about 70 percent of the world's industrial diamonds. most of the prophets, however, went to belgium. brussels has acknowledged some of the abuses carried out during its 75 year roll. many argue it's public apologies have fallen short. ah, and spring in our guests in london, jonathan alpha on sir publisher of africa briefing and to pan african use magazine . in brussel, theodore treyvon, a researcher at the well museum for central africa and author of the book, congo, masquerade also in london. phil clark, professor of international politics at so last university of london variable. welcome to you all. thank you. thank you for joining us. you know, and inside story i'd like to begi

lease army, physical, vast mineral wealth, anything congo. but in this particular part of the country, control of trade routes along which those minerals can travel. and the strategic border points. the n 23 for one to deny the supporting but nobody in congress seems to believe that the government says this is in fact just an extension of run the military. they for the communist government 10 years ago they were defeated just in november last year. they started launching a series of tax again, homeless army has struggled to contain them. tension between rwanda and the democratic republic of congo has been simmering for decades. let's take a closer look. one to says the congolese government gave refuge to ethnic hutus. carried out the 994, were wondering genocide and the light, 991 to send its troops into connelly's territory, where they joined. forces with rebel laid at low wrong could be la to depose. then president mobutu assess a secor, the suing conflict. killed millions of people. the 2 neighbors have long accused each other of supportin

, congo, was a belgian colony. from the end of the 900 century, up until that point. and it was one of the bloodiest chapters of european colonialism up to 10000000 people were killed for the harvest rubber from congo for if and then not time when dependent with them uprising some groups calling for session, patrice. and by the time off, the west, the former colonial power belgium and the us for military support to try and put this rising down. they didn't give it to him that return to the u. s. i thought to the soviet block who the time, of course, in competition for influence in africa with the u. s. and this really riled his the western powers. and in the subsequent decades, numerous sources that come out saying that both the cia i'm the belgian intelligence had plot to try and assassinate him. in the end it was agents of, of the west chosen success and the food safety seco, who killed him with a firing squad as you said. and then a belgian police officer disposed of his remains in a barrel of acid. have it kept

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i'm hammer, jim jim, more than 25 years after the 1st congo war, the democratic republic of congo and rwanda are once again engaged in dispute. the central african neighbors have accused each other a firing rockets across their shared border, including a strike that killed 2 congo least children. this seems to have been triggered by fighting between the m 23 rebel group and state forces in the east. both congo and the united nations have accused were wanda of supporting the m $23.00 movement. the u. n. has urged all parties to immediately cease all forms of violence. the region doesn't need a new crisis. let's keep the channels of dialogue open at all levels, including at the community level and help preserve the progress achieve in the recent years. thanks to the various cooperation mechanisms, the march 23rd movement or him 23 is also known as the congo leaves revolutionary army. it's a rebel military group based in eastern areas of the democratic republic of congo, mainly in the province of north keybo. its leadership is made up of members of the 2. it's the ethnic group. they say

king philip brought with him an initiation mask from congos suki. people, your police objects went to the west a long time ago and have now come back home, is the spirit of our ancestors. let us returning. this is important of the congress people can appropriate where own culture did their problem. but also expected back as the tooth of batteries, lumber, the former prime minister who was assassinated in 1961, belgium took partial responsibility for batting his killers, one of whom kept his tooth as a trophy. or later this year, a parliamentary committee in brussels is expected to release a report examining belgium's historical record in its former african colony. meaning more detail on the past atrocities could emerge and possibly create room for the justice that many congolese seek. for some analysis of ken phillips has started visit to the darcy. i'm joined now by an with z in palma, from brussels. she's a belgian congolese art historian, the font of with the art gallery, and a former member of an experts group on belgium's colonial past. hello a

the 2nd he turned congo into his personal fif them. in 1885, he made a fortune from rubber which conquer leaves were forced to harvest from the forest. their hands were cut off if they didn't collect enough for their rulers. up to 10000000 people died. it was the black lives matter movement 2 years ago that prompted activists to face statues of king leopold and belgium. some of the statues were removed, and king felipe expressed regret for the 1st time, the d, as later his visiting democratic republic of congo for the 1st time, brought back a mosque, one of thousands of artifacts saluted by the colonialists. he said it's on a permanent loan from the belgian museum. some conquer liza fall short of making up for the path. so the atrocity of the red rubber, the weeping, the repetitive munition suffer by our system. i will funding fathers and mothers as should not become a case that goes unnoticed because they refused to formally apologize for president . she said kitty, bring some international credibility. you took office 2 and a half ye

wanted back.— is still in belgium, and congo wanted back.go _ wanted back. looks like there is more to go to _ wanted back. looks like there is more to go to please - is more to go to please everyone. weighs it all happening now? it has been delayed a couple of years but why has it taken so long for to happen? why has it taken so long for to ha en?�* , why has it taken so long for to hauen?�* , , , why has it taken so long for to hau�*en? , , , , happen? because this visit is also an answer— happen? because this visit is also an answer that - happen? because this visit is| also an answer that mobilised after the murder of george floyd here in the united states. in belgium, the black lives matter movement has been widely prolonged by the descendant generations, so it has a domestic dimension and impact and that's why the king is travelling right now in congo, but in the meantime, it's a taboo, because it took a long time before this trip has been made possible.- long time before this trip has been made possible. that's all we've got _ been ma

ah, protests in the democratic republic of congo over wanders alleged support for the armed group in $23.00 along the border. plus the british royal's attend to thanksgiving service as part of the platinum jubilee celebrations for the queen. but elizabeth, the 2nd misses the special event the you in as warning, the conflict in ukraine could send prices of staple foods hire and lead to a full blown global crisis. a top analyst from the food and agriculture organization told al jazeera, the developing world is most at risk. russian troops now occupy a 5th of ukraine's territory with moscow imposing a blockade on the countries. black c ports gillian wolf reports more than a 100 days into the war in ukraine, and the fighting is intensifying in the east. far from the front mines, the conflict impacting the global food supply, especially in africa, which imports 40 percent of its grain from russia and ukraine. the chair of the african union travelling to so cheese to help get deliveries back on track the ball . also i spoke to the european council and i told them yes, there is a war the cr

to him to the congo. and some things happen to me within the con willis community here that were in positive hope. that's why it was important for me to hold on to the positive aspect and culture i associates with a cool i listen to where us on a lot we were from where awesome was my role model. my mother reminded me again last week, how i used to dance to his music song when i was small. and yes ma'am, it's very important for me to hold to that college i'm. it's like, oh, it's great that you mentioned a congolese musician because i you curious to get some feedback from the 77 percent as yeah. you wonder what they think about your music? i really want to know really wants to know really i have now we have been on the streets of kinshasa and played down the song lilly who now he, is there reaction. let's take a look. i am with berman law for the melody is nice. it's a bit like after a bit, but it's good for like, you certainly praiseworthy. we welcome his music wed, promotes our language. good luck to him.

and the global energy supply crunch has the republic of congo, saying it can step into health. this is the adobe of business. i'm janelle dom allow on welcome. ukrainian president vladimir lansky has warned that blockaded ukraine grain stalks contrib, old by autumn, leading to starvation for millions across the globe. he estimates that number could grow up to 75000000 tons from the current 20 to 25000000. that are blocked his warning cons. after russia said it would allow ukrainian grain exports to leave by the black sea on wednesday. as roots out for ukraine in grain remain blocked, supply route to russia have also been complicated by western sanctions. here's a look at how that's affecting life inside the country. this warehouse impudence on the outskirts of moscow is full, but western sanctions are having an impact on this gym equipment distributor, and supply chains to russia have been disrupted. everything takes longer and cost more. the company director says that the payment method has also changed wasn't dose cases, but we're now using a chinese payment system to pay dir

the 1st message is that it's coming from the congo. come and for me, those like, wow, missiles, i thought maybe achieve something this afternoon. yeah. have made it ended. now. you are born in germany, which is predominantly a white society. but he grew up within the community followed right. how was it like for you as a person living with albinism? growing up here, it's got a good night assisted there were good as well as bad times, but that's how it often goes. i got it experiences to my life here because i'm, i'm happy with it. memory i've made has been made me the person i am today. i am proud and it was really i open and growing up in my community. i'm generally as full person and i made many decisions for myself on top of feel o fillin shut from. he says to kaufman. i was off in the long and even told by other people to give up on me as i was always in my own world are and i have to decide for myself which path to take and i will i give up. when will will i persevere? charge and i chose to persevere, and that's really the best th

and thousands rally in eastern democratic republic of the congo . the u.s. federal reserve has raised interest rates by .75%. the biggest increase in almost three decades. the hope is that the move will curb soaring inflation and bring down consumer prices which are at 40 year highs. the chair of the central bank describe the current economic climate as extraordinarily challenging and uncertain and indicated further hikes are like. >> we anticipate that ongoing rate increases will be appropriate. the pace of those changes will continue to depend on the incoming data and evolving outlook for the economy. clearly today's 75 basis point increase is an unusually large one and i do not expect moves of this size to become -- be common. either a 50 basis point or a 75 basis point increase seems most likely at our next meeting. we will however make our decisions meeting by meeting and we will continue to communicate our thinking as clearly as we can. >> more the federal reserve in washington dc. >> this is a very aggressive move. this is the highest one time rate hi

this is the w news africa coming up on the programmed belgium's brutal colonial regime in congo was based on the racism and expectation clear away from belgium's king felipe during his historic trip to the dfcs was not clear is why he didn't issue an apology for the millions of bets on the sheer cruelty of bell general. also, i had looks tasty. doesn't it meet the man who puts ice cream treats on tweets and move from social media influenza to felons, to where to was finest ice cream and gas coastline is being eroded by the ocean. ex spreads worn that rise and sea levels could wash away and tie our coastal communities. so what kind of be done to hold back the waves? ah, i am at you, mike, a junior and you're welcome to the program. belgium's king felipe has expressed his deepest regrets or his country's brutal rule, and it's for my colony, the democratic republic of congo, millions congolese, where caled, mutilated or died of disease as the land was pillaged for its resources, particularly under the rule of king leopold. the 2nd that history has a what shadow, the ongoing visits of the cur

east african leaders have agreed to deploy a regional force to eastern democratic republic of congo as the country is pushed to the brink of war with the lender. leaders from the 7 nation east african community bank announcement after summit in nairobi, they didn't say when troops would be sent on groups reeked havoc in eastern d. c, where the government accuses rhonda of supporting m 23 rebels randa denies the allegations on friday, randa said calmly, soldier cross the border and fight at security forces and civilians before being shot dead. armed men of killed at least a 130 people in a massacre in central molly, the modern government has blamed and all counter affiliation on group for carrying out the attack on neighboring towns. in the multi region, a local official said it appeared to be a reprisal attack. after the group clashed with government soldiers 2 weeks ago. still to come on out as her extreme drought conditions, fuel and historic water shortage in the mexican state of new only own and send protest us to the streets lost looking for reconciliation. ultra violent colonial

the attack has occupied several towns and villages. congos army took some of them back. some people have since returned home me nearly came via i fled and spent 4 days in a comfort, displaced people near gama. but when i returned to my house, it was already looted rundown, so it just came with trucks and looted several houses, including main congos army has struggled to contain the attacks and which started in november. rwanda's government denies being involved, no presents from the will not be any issue if any was presented to me. you send us, you know, pretty this off. so again, both rwanda and uganda have been accused of meddling and looting minerals in eastern congo ever since they invaded in the 1900 ninety's. 10 years ago you and investigators said rwanda supported and commanded em 23. when it took control of much of the north keeping province, that time congos army defeated them and pushed them over the borders with rwanda and uganda, with international military support. oh wow. that's what the protesters won't con gave me to do. again. the international community

i am really happy because i've never been to the congo myself. my work and it's, it's my wish to travel there this year and to express the place in real life it's, i mean it would be awesome to play there to conference, do it because said i am overwhelmed. come to school and i don't really know what to see who's done her as the wisdom with engines or alicia which are for this of the 77 press say, yeah, we tell it like it is. and speaking of the d. r c, and you've talked about how impactful the coil is culture, ease and has been for you. and you've also emphasized, you know, the importance of your upbringing in germany is it is to balance the 2 cultures. and how do you do it as well? um, jose gonzalez um schuchman miserably saw the de, honestly, i've not really thought about how i should go about balancing duce cultures. again, listen, i found common last night. so was like again, go with the flow. i'm always jessica mac on with the flow. you have to imagine it like this. my mixing of the languages happened when i was free styling offices when i w

some say dictator in congo for the following 3 decades with west and backing. it was his firing squad that killed a member of the belgian official walk. stone in the belgian police officer disposed of his body by burning it's in a power of asset, but just keeping this case which is being kept in belgian. ever since being returned to family and connelly's delegation. today in brussels. joe, speaking about what she of the belgium prime minister, alexander de crew, addressing the assembled delegation miss, the story store isn't very unusual. the single tooth will eventually go back to the see, right? we thought of what seems to be a drive on the part of belgium to kind of clean up the public image for it, levy colonial costs. and we can take this back to years ago when lloyd george floyd, george floyd was killed in the u. s. and he was murdered, which gave birth to the black live matter movement that prompted activity in belgium to the face to the king. leopold was the belgian colonist to calm down this enormous chunk in the center of the african congo as his own

and what is now the democratic republic of congo. but king felipe who's in a state visit to the d, r c, stopped short of a formal apology. historians estimate 10000000 congolese were killed during belgian rule. out there was malcolm web reports. king felipe is the 1st belgian monarch to express regret for his country's past in the democratic republic of congo. that his speech to the congress parliament in the capital kinshasa stopped short of apologizing for the violence and exploitation. belgium's 75 year colonial rule. let them in it like a violent act and humiliation on the occasion of my 1st trip to congo, right? your front of the commonly people and those who still suffer today. i wish to reaffirm my deepest progress for those wounds of the past. king felipe and his wife, queen mathilde, are on a 6 day visit. the monarch and congress president felix jessica. he had spoken about cooperation and development. they haven't mentioned the role of king fleet. great. grandfather's brother belgian king leopold. the 2nd he turned congo in

at an african icon returns, belgium prepares to hand over the remains of patrice the number to congo more than 6 decades after his assassination delta a blow to the anti colonization. ah, i'm nick spicer. welcome to the program. volota may zalinski says ukraine has begun what he calls an historic week with fighting raging on, and the don't boss ukrainian president has predicted that russia will likely intensify its attacks in the coming days. his warning comes as kiva waits at landmark decision from european union leaders on it's bid for candidate status. let's listen in on what zalinski had to say quarterly. in the short of this week, we should expect greater hostile activity from russia and the earned against ukraine. but also against other european countries. li, each. we are preparing. we are ready. let's go to d. w correspondent, rebecca readers who's standing by force and keith. rebecca ukraine's president vladimir zalinski. it said on a sunday that he expects russia to intensify attacks. what, what does he mean by that? do you think? well, i think in ukraine he's talking about

c, congo was an especially brutal story, a century ago. the belgian king lee pulled the 2nd, took it for his own. he turned it into an approximation of hell. in a few decades, as many as 13000000 people, 75 percent of the country's population were worked to death to meet production quotas said by the king. any who spoke up were tortured, mutilated, murdered, in horrendous ways to scare the living. there are few cases of colonies being treated worse than the congo with the hands of belgium. and only now, do they finally say they're sorry. the crystals have little motel legal than although this moral responsibility of the belgian government has been recognized. and i repeat it again on this official day of farewell of belgium to patrice emory lambie. i would like to reiterate here in the presence of his family, the apology of the belgian government for the way it influenced a decision to end the life of the country's 1st prime minister. it wasn't only the europeans that wanted le mumbled dead. the cia had reportedly also drawn up plans to mu

it was 61 years ago that patrice lemme was executed by a firing squad in democratic republic of congo, with help from belgium mercenaries. the belgian police officer cut his body into pieces and dissolved it in a barrel of acid, but kept his gold tooth as a trophy and took it back to belgium. at the ceremony in brussels on monday, the government returned the tooth to delegates from congo and members of lamar family appraisals. the stuff me i would like here in the presence of his family, to reiterate the belgian government's apologies for the way it weighed at the time on the decision to put an end to the days of the 1st prime minister of the congo belgian and its royal family and fast wealth from colonizing congo and violently exploiting its people and its natural resources. millions of people were killed. patrice, remember, became wildly popular at the campaign for independence from belgian colonial rule. but belgium, in the u. s. didn't like his democratic and socialist ideas. and supported those who killed him shortly after independence. the members relatives had been requesting t

east african leaders agreed to deploy a regional force to eastern democratic republic of congo as theountry is pushed to the brink of war with rwanda. leaders made the announcement after a summit in nairobi but they didn't say when troops would be sent. groups have wreaked havoc in eastern drc where the government so -- accuses rwanda of supporting rebels. rwanda's is a congolese soldier fired at civilians before being shot dead. armed men killed at least 130 people in central mali. the government blamed and al qaeda affiliated group for carrying out the attack. a local official said it appeared to be a reprisal attack after the group clash with soldiers two weeks ago. still to come, extreme drought fuels a water shortage in mexico. sending protesters to the streets. looking for reconciliation after a violent colonial past. belgium returns the remains of a congolese independence hero to his family. ♪ >> let's have a look at australia. a winter front brought unsettled conditions to the southeast. wind warnings out for victoria, tasmania, and some layers of new south wales. the system i

anything, congo? every 10 years ago and 23 took control of swayed to the same congo un investigations at the time that they were being armed and commanded from rwanda's capital k. golly of everyone again denied it at the time that time and $23.00 were forced out by the congress army with substantial foreign support. then since november last year and $23.00 launched a series of attacks again as relations of deteriorated between the governments of congo and rwanda, both sides of accused each other of cross border shelling and it's the latest iteration of this conflict. anything, congo that involves the region that's been going on for decades. okay, thank you for explain that to us knocking web monitoring developments from nairobi . the chinese economy is showing signs of partial recovery. that's according to the latest government data. industrial output in may increase north point 7 percent, which is slightly higher than expected. retail sales remain weak. the government assisting with a 0900 strategy,

belgium's brutal history and congo and the region is well documented. has belgium began reckoning with its colonial past? >> belgium is trying to work on its colonial past. i would say it is quiet late because our collective was funded like 10 years ago in 2012. at this time, we were saying to the politics that they needed to work othe colonial path because this colonial path has consequences today on the african people leaving belgium and this is like something we have set for 10 years now. the belgium state, the political power finally decided to start working on this colonial path in 2020. >> what does that look like? are we talking about history that is taught in schools? give me a tangible example of how the wrongs of the past can be addressed legitimate in the -- legitimately in the present. >> this has to be global. for the moment, we have a commission working on the colonial past. this is only the beginning. for example, the history of colonization needs to be taught in schools because for the moment, this is not something mandatory indulgent sc

belgium's king speaks in the dr congo, expresses regret for belgian colonial role, which saw the death and i's petition of millions -- no, apology, a european union lawmaker stays the course when it comes to getting petrol and diesel cars off the road. but the plans to impose a carbon tax on goods from countries with you or climate regulations. -- with fewer climate regulations. ukrainian forces are still holding onto the small industrial plant. a town at the heart of intense fighting for weeks now. the governor projecting confidence despite a retreat saying this once a name there is no threat -- this wednesday evening there is no threat. in adding ukrainian forces held all of it. the sister city. russia has concentrated troops and firepower on the area in hopes of taking over the entire region. we have more on the situation there and the rest of the country. reporter: for these residents, it is time to say goodbye. ukrainian police help evacuate people from the city while russian bombardment has made life unbearable. >> i want some peace and we want to eat. reporter: these are the las

the returning of the moon this to his certainly symbolic congo, still suffers from the kind of brutal violence and exploitation of natural resources. the belgian colonialists began then more than a century ago, the ceremony in brussels was changed that malcolm web al jazeera, the nobel peace prize won by russian journalists. dimitri moreton has sold for a record price at auction. ladies and gentlemen, don't all. oh yeah, the money will go to eunice us to help you korean child refugees. where at all was the editor in chief from the independent russian newspaper and avaya got it all. it was shut down in march when the kremlin clumped down on journalists following its invasion of ukraine. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera, the leaders of israels fragile coalition government, or dissolving parliament. the move will force the country to hold its 5th election in less than 3 years and a half for minister. yeah. le pete will take over from left tony bennett and wrote in the role of interim prime minister until the election.

, belgium and its royal family and frost wells from colonizing congo. and violently exploiting its people and its natural resources. millions of people were killed, patrice, lemme became wildly popular as he campaigned for independence from belgian colonial rule. but belgium and the u. s. didn't like his democratic and socialist ideas and supported those who killed him shortly after independence. the members relatives have been requesting the return of the 2 for years. if the only known remaining piece of his body, which they want to lay to rest, isn't that you see, i can't see it's joyous, but it is positive for us. it's positive that we can finally bury one of ours. 2 weeks ago, belton king felipe visited congo and expressed regret for belgium's colonial past. he stopped short of apologizing. belgium has been trying to improve his public image regarding it brutal colonial past. since the black lives matter movement began 2 years ago. the movement prompted activists to the face statues of king leopold the 2nd in belgium, colonized congo in the 18 eight

they say they're tired of rwandan military aggression in democratic republic of congo. we're going into for wanda, so they can kill us as they are doing with the m 23 rebels because we're tired of this ongoing situation in our country. ah, protest is unconquered as government blame you. end up being behind the recent series of attacks in congo by the n 23 rebel group is widely seen as a proxy of rwanda. rwanda's leaders deny it. nobody here believes them demonstrates has reached the border with rwanda hungry leaf pleased his best and with pig 2 days before to the north and 23 took control of the town has been gone. a hunger only soldiers retreated into neighboring uganda. we're going to do everything possible to drive these carbon knows these terrorists and their supporters out of the national territory. rwanda does not like us and we are not afraid for the moment. we thank you for your support and we ask you to demonstrates peacefully those congo rwanda of accused each other of cross borders shelling in recent weeks, this village primary school in congo was caught in t

, the capital of the democratic republic of congo. it's the 1st time that a belgian monarch has traveled to the former belgian colony in more than a decade or belgium imposed a brutal regime in what is now democratic republic of congo. the atrocities which included forced labor, torture amputations and rape, began in $1885.00 under king leopold the 2nd. around 10000000 congolese died. the king's rule was deemed so cruel that 23 years later he was forced to relinquish control to belgium's parliament. however, congolese was still unable to own land vote or travel freely before declaring independence in 1960, the congo had become africa's richest colony producing around 70 percent of the world industrial diamonds. most of the prophets, however, went to belgium, brussels as acknowledged, some of the abuses carried out during its 75 year rule, but many argue that it's public apologies of fallen shores. marie claire fe is a human rights defender. she says that belgium owes the democratic republic of congo an apology for its colonial past. t