Belgium, too arrogant to apologise for killing 15 million Congolese, By Owei Lakemfa
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In the 23 years that Leopold II ran the DRC, an average of 652,000 Congolese were killedannually; at 54,347 monthly or 1,811 every day!

And as far as I know they've never done anything to meaningfully fess up, let alone atone.

  • fuckmyphonefuckingsu [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    The fourth atrocity has been the post-Mobutu era in which Belgium and other Western countries continue to loot DRC’s natural resources, resulting today in the citizens of one of the most naturally endowed countries in the world being the second poorest.

    :parenti:

    • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      tfw a devastating civil war completely ruin your country because the US and Belgium didn't want to share the colonial loot