The Belgian ruler Leopold II had elaborate plans to extract resources from Africa. Pachyderms played a part.

King Leopold III of Belgium returned to Brussels on July 22, 1950, after six years of exile. BELGA/AFP Remaining the king of the Belgians at all costs, even under Nazi domination, was the goal of ...

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In the Brederodestraat, the short street behind the royal palace, you will find a for Brussels unusual wooden building. It is the Norwegian Chalet that King Leopold II had built to govern a colony ...

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Titled Explaining African Colonialism, it featured the hosts, Rudyard Lynch and Austin Padgett, speaking about the time when King Leopold II occupied the Congo. According to the official website ...

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