[DOC] [TLE] History of Belgium - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of Belgium predates the founding of the modern state of that name in 
1830. Belgium's history is intertwined with those of its neighbours: the 
Netherlands, Germany, France and Luxembourg. For most of its history, what is 
now Belgium was either a part of a larger ... The king set up his own private 
colonial empire in the Belgian Congo, which... [DOC] [TLE] Belgian Congo - Wikipedia [PAR] The Belgian Congo was a Belgian colony in Central Africa between 1908 and 
1960 in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Colonial rule 
in the Congo began in the late 19th century. ..... In 1926 alone, the Union Minire 
exported more than 80,000 tons of copper ore, a large part of which was 
processed... [DOC] [TLE] AfriCA:50 years of independence - Scholastic [PAR] Sep 20, 2010 ... Britain, and Belgium (see. MapSearch, pp. ... But 50 years later, Africa's people 
are among the ... Half a century later, the colonial system came to an ... Rwanda 
killed more than 800,000 .... minorities until the late 20th century? [DOC] [TLE] Belgian Congo - The Ultimate History Project [PAR] That same year, in an attempt to stem this furor, the Congo was ceded to Belgium 
... Belgium then administered the Congo as a colony until independence in 1960. 
Unlike other early twentieth-century colonial powers in Africa, Belgium did not ... 
African university graduates out of a population of more than thirteen million. [DOC] [TLE] This is how colonialism in the Congo is presented to Belgian 12-year [PAR] significantly since the early 20th century, when the official propaganda discourse 
on .... treatment was more widely developed than in other colonies. ..... to 
scientific research, albeit with an annoying 50-year limit to accessibility, 
somewhat. [DOC] [TLE] Patrice Lumumba: the most important assassination of the 20th century [PAR] Jan 17, 2011 ... Patrice Lumumba: the most important assassination of the 20th century ... (DRC), 
was assassinated 50 years ago today, on 17 January, 1961. ... its impact on 
Congolese politics since then and Lumumba's overall legacy as a nationalist 
leader. For 126 years, the US and Belgium have played key roles in... [DOC] [TLE] African Economic Development and Colonial Legacies [PAR] Dossier | Africa: 50 years of independence  Review | Major development policy 
trends ... south of the Sahara as well as in the most populous British and Belgian 
ones .... Then there was coercive recruitment of labour by colonial 
administrations, ... Excited by the late 20th century wave of economic 
globalisation, some... [DOC] [TLE] Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death - Top Documentary ... [PAR] What the Belgians did in the Congo was forgotten for over 50 years. ... suprissed 
how famous this topic was in the beginning of the 20th century. ..... However, why 
should Belgians today feel any remorse for what happened more than one 
century ... Belgium is now their colony, and they are still exploiting it, and they are 
still... [DOC] [TLE] 50 years ago Mobutu Sese Seko revolted in the Congo (part 1) [PAR] In 1908, Congo became a colony of the Belgian State and remained a colony ... 
In the fifties of the 20th century colonialism became a political burden also for the 
... In the year of its independence, the former colony had not more than about ten
... [DOC] [TLE] Commentary: Exemplifying the Horror of European Colonization ... [PAR] It is probably over many millions, possibly 10 million murdered or more from ... of 
the Congo-formerly Zaire) to 1908 when Belgium took it over as a colony. ... Just 
to see how far off I was in my eight-year search for any and all 20th Century 
genocide, ... Asia 1900 to independence, the democide was something like 50 
million. [DOC] [TLE] When You Kill Ten Million Africans You Aren't Called 'Hitler' - Diary ... [PAR] Dec 22, 2010 ... After several failed colonial attempts in Asia and Africa, he settled on the Congo. 
..... If we aren't allowed to say that more

Question: For more than 50 years in the 20th century, it was a colony of Belgium
Answer: Congo