The King of Belgium Philip Leopold sent a letter to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo on Tuesday to apologize for the violent events which occurred while it colonized the region. For over a century, Belgium turned the Congo into a slave state governed by Leopold II. From 1885 to 1908, a period known as Congo Free State, acts of violence and cruelty were committed, something Leopold pleaded forgiveness for. According to historians estimates, nearly 10 million people died then.
— source telesurenglish.net | 30 Jun 2020