"Congo Free State"

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3 May 2025

Protesters wave Congolese flags and hold placards as they march beside a decorated protest truck during a demonstration for peace and justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at Odeonsplatz in Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany, on May 3, 2025. The demonstration features chants, speeches, and signs condemning foreign exploitation and calling for an end to violence in the DRC.

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#5800612

23 June 2020

Belgian soldier and explorer Émile Storms was vandelazed last week in Brussels - Belgium on 22 June 2020. Émile Storms is know in establishing a European presence in Congo which he supported the White Fathers missionaries and attempted to suppress the East African slave trade. Protest and demonstrations against racism have been raging worldwide since the death of American George Floyd. Due to the increasing awareness of colonialism in Belgium municipalities and mayors will decide what to do with King Leopold II statues and names related to colonial Congo.

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#5800614

23 June 2020

Belgian soldier and explorer Émile Storms was vandelazed last week in Brussels - Belgium on 22 June 2020. Émile Storms is know in establishing a European presence in Congo which he supported the White Fathers missionaries and attempted to suppress the East African slave trade. Protest and demonstrations against racism have been raging worldwide since the death of American George Floyd. Due to the increasing awareness of colonialism in Belgium municipalities and mayors will decide what to do with King Leopold II statues and names related to colonial Congo.

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#5800616

23 June 2020

Belgian soldier and explorer Émile Storms was vandelazed last week in Brussels - Belgium on 22 June 2020. Émile Storms is know in establishing a European presence in Congo which he supported the White Fathers missionaries and attempted to suppress the East African slave trade. Protest and demonstrations against racism have been raging worldwide since the death of American George Floyd. Due to the increasing awareness of colonialism in Belgium municipalities and mayors will decide what to do with King Leopold II statues and names related to colonial Congo.

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#5800618

23 June 2020

Belgian soldier and explorer Émile Storms was vandelazed last week in Brussels - Belgium on 22 June 2020. Émile Storms is know in establishing a European presence in Congo which he supported the White Fathers missionaries and attempted to suppress the East African slave trade. Protest and demonstrations against racism have been raging worldwide since the death of American George Floyd. Due to the increasing awareness of colonialism in Belgium municipalities and mayors will decide what to do with King Leopold II statues and names related to colonial Congo.

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#5800620

23 June 2020

Belgian soldier and explorer Émile Storms was vandelazed last week in Brussels - Belgium on 22 June 2020. Émile Storms is know in establishing a European presence in Congo which he supported the White Fathers missionaries and attempted to suppress the East African slave trade. Protest and demonstrations against racism have been raging worldwide since the death of American George Floyd. Due to the increasing awareness of colonialism in Belgium municipalities and mayors will decide what to do with King Leopold II statues and names related to colonial Congo.

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#5800622

23 June 2020

City of Ghent will remove a bust of King Leopold II from the Zuidpark. The statue was vandalized in early June - and several times in the past in Ghent - Belgium on 22 June 2020. Protests against racism have been raging worldwide since the death of American George Floyd. Due to the increasing awareness of colonialism in Belgium municipalities and mayors will decide what to do with King Leopold II statues and names related to colonial Congo.

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#5800624

23 June 2020

City of Ghent will remove a bust of King Leopold II from the Zuidpark. The statue was vandalized in early June - and several times in the past in Ghent - Belgium on 22 June 2020. Protests against racism have been raging worldwide since the death of American George Floyd. Due to the increasing awareness of colonialism in Belgium municipalities and mayors will decide what to do with King Leopold II statues and names related to colonial Congo.

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#5800626

23 June 2020

City of Ghent will remove a bust of King Leopold II from the Zuidpark. The statue was vandalized in early June - and several times in the past in Ghent - Belgium on 22 June 2020. Protests against racism have been raging worldwide since the death of American George Floyd. Due to the increasing awareness of colonialism in Belgium municipalities and mayors will decide what to do with King Leopold II statues and names related to colonial Congo.

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#5800628

23 June 2020

City of Ghent will remove a bust of King Leopold II from the Zuidpark. The statue was vandalized in early June - and several times in the past in Ghent - Belgium on 22 June 2020. Protests against racism have been raging worldwide since the death of American George Floyd. Due to the increasing awareness of colonialism in Belgium municipalities and mayors will decide what to do with King Leopold II statues and names related to colonial Congo.

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#5800630

23 June 2020

City of Ghent will remove a bust of King Leopold II from the Zuidpark. The statue was vandalized in early June - and several times in the past in Ghent - Belgium on 22 June 2020. Protests against racism have been raging worldwide since the death of American George Floyd. Due to the increasing awareness of colonialism in Belgium municipalities and mayors will decide what to do with King Leopold II statues and names related to colonial Congo.

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#5800632

23 June 2020

City of Ghent will remove a bust of King Leopold II from the Zuidpark. The statue was vandalized in early June - and several times in the past in Ghent - Belgium on 22 June 2020. Protests against racism have been raging worldwide since the death of American George Floyd. Due to the increasing awareness of colonialism in Belgium municipalities and mayors will decide what to do with King Leopold II statues and names related to colonial Congo.

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#5800602

23 June 2020

Vandalized statue of King of Belgium Boudewijn in Brussels - Belgium on 22 June 2020. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo, in 1960, King Boudewijn declared the Belgian colony of Congo independent. Protest and demonstrations against racism have been raging worldwide since the death of American George Floyd. Due to the increasing awareness of colonialism in Belgium municipalities and mayors will decide what to do with King Leopold II statues and names related to colonial Congo.

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#5800604

23 June 2020

Vandalized statue of King of Belgium Boudewijn in Brussels - Belgium on 22 June 2020. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo, in 1960, King Boudewijn declared the Belgian colony of Congo independent. Protest and demonstrations against racism have been raging worldwide since the death of American George Floyd. Due to the increasing awareness of colonialism in Belgium municipalities and mayors will decide what to do with King Leopold II statues and names related to colonial Congo.

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#5800606

23 June 2020

Vandalized statue of King of Belgium Boudewijn in Brussels - Belgium on 22 June 2020. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo, in 1960, King Boudewijn declared the Belgian colony of Congo independent. Protest and demonstrations against racism have been raging worldwide since the death of American George Floyd. Due to the increasing awareness of colonialism in Belgium municipalities and mayors will decide what to do with King Leopold II statues and names related to colonial Congo.

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#5800608

23 June 2020

Vandalized statue of King of Belgium Boudewijn in Brussels - Belgium on 22 June 2020. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo, in 1960, King Boudewijn declared the Belgian colony of Congo independent. Protest and demonstrations against racism have been raging worldwide since the death of American George Floyd. Due to the increasing awareness of colonialism in Belgium municipalities and mayors will decide what to do with King Leopold II statues and names related to colonial Congo.

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