by Luc Dens | Sep 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Honorary Ambassador Renier Nijskens, who served as Ambassador of Belgium to the Democratic Republic of Congo ( 2000-2004), ended his long diplomatic career in 2019 as Belgium’s special envoy to Central Africa( 2016-2019), looks back on 60 years of eventful...
by Luc Dens | Jun 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Anti-racism protests in Belgium have led to demands for the demolition of Leopold II. In an interview with ERR, Baudouin Peeters, general director (2019-2023) of the Union Royale Belgo-Africaine, said removing statues would not help people understand history better....
by Luc Dens | Jun 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
URBA-KBAU (Royal Belgian African Union) and Mémoires du Congo have noted with dismay the racist remarks published on social media by some Belgians living in DR Congo. These remarks are inadmissible and fortunately punishable under our laws. We call on the relevant...
by Luc Dens | Jun 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Mr Mayor Ladies and gentlemen, aldermen and councillors, For reasons that apparently have more to do with the situation in the United States after the tragic events that took place there, we note that a petition is circulating in our country with no real basis or...
by Luc Dens | Mar 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Thanks to new, previously unpublished archives of Kasa-Vubu, his daughter Justine, former minister and ambassador and president of the Congolese diaspora, shares with the reader personal booklets that are tangible evidence of the values and spirit that animated this...
