The Belgian Congo was a former colony in Africa, coextensive with the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo, that was ruled by Belgium from 1908 until 1960. Immediately prior to that, it was known as the Congo Free State, which was under the private administration of Belgium’s King Leopold II. However, horrific abuses committed there under the king’s rule generated international pressure for supervision and accountability, which led to the Belgian parliament taking it over as the Belgian Congo.
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