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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · Oct 12

King Leopold's Hoax!

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 7h

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

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 8h

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!

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 9h

Congo belge, le pays des grands fleuves!

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 9h

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 · 9h

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.

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 11h

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.

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 12h

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%.

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 20h

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 · 21h

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 · 1d

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

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 14d

Possessing a remarkable talent for diplomacy, Leopold successfully managed to persuade the world to recognize his Congo State, deftly playing the great powers against each other while simultaneously emphasizing the humanitarian and civilizing aspects of his mission.

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 14d

It was against this backdrop of international competition, coupled with the prevailing missionary zeal to "bring civilization throughout the world," that King Leopold II of Belgium executed his great projects.

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 14d

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 · 16d

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

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 16d

Het België van Koning Leopold II.

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 16d

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

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 16d

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.

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 16d

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

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 17d

You mean when colonialists abolished slavery, introduced legal rights, ended age old bloody wars, built schools, free healthcare, provided jobs, infrastructure, and a common language, do you think people preferred these changes, what would you choose, and what do you think your ancestors chose?

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 17d

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

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 17d

Pre-Colonial Africa was NOT a Paradise!

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Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 17d

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

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 17d

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.

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 22d

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!

Belgian Congo 🇧🇪🇨🇩 @belgiancongo.bsky.social · 22d

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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