It would take a determined visitor to the Royal Museum for Central Africa to locate the life-sized likeness of one of history’s most brutal colonial rulers carved from ivory. The statue of Belgium‘s ...

Hew Locke, the British artist, will ‘interrupt the view’ of the King Leopold II statue with golden symbols of the Congo’s exploitation on poles - Hew Locke/City of Ostend/Rii Schroer for The Telegraph ...

In Belgium, King Leopold II was hailed as the “Builder King” for his wondrous works. But overseas, in the Congo Free State, lay the horrific truth: Leopold was more of a butcher than a builder. WWE ...

Belgium in 1865 -- The father and the son -- First steps in diplomacy: Leopold's marriage -- Foreign journeys: the germ of imperialism -- The attack of little Belgium -- The new king and the parties - ...