Congo Genocide

The Congo Genocide also known as the rubber terror was the time when the king of Belgiumball colonized what is now Democratic Republic of the Congoball and extorted its materials and supplies by having millions of Congolese slaves then murdering them for his own personal benefit and pleasure. The historic and tragic event led to Belgiumball colonizing Congo until the 1960s. It is estimated that 10 million Congolese civilians lost their lives, almost half of the Congo population. Unfortunately, not a lot of people recognize the genocide because it was romanticized and justified by Belgium by Leopold claiming that he "abolished the eastslavery" in which the case was so far from true.
==History==
When the Scramble for Africa was brought as an idea in Berlin, Europe wanted to colonize Africa. Most Europeans wanted to keep the coastlines and colonized big chunks. Franceball took West Africa while Great Britain took most of East Africa. Some scattered areas due to ww1 such as Moroccoball and Somaliaball was split and taken by weaker European countries such as Spainball and Italyball. Since the Congo was such a tense rainforest without a coast, not many Europeans wanted to colonize it, so it was free, until Leopold II of Belgium guessed it was a good idea to take advantage of this.
===The rubber factory===
Since Europeans wanted to make a good investment in Africa, Leopard wanted to do the same in Africa. With the humongous unclaimed forest, Leopold thought it would be a good idea to create rubber factories out of the trees. He "hired" villagers from rural areas do complete his dirty work, signing contracts in languages in which the tribal leaders cannot understand, for only of payment for some cotton and clothing.
===Hands cutting and genocide===
Leopold hired workers and a private army from different colonial areas such as Rwandaball Ugandaball to keep control of the Congolese slaves. If a Congolese citizen refused to follow orders and work, punishments are severe. Belgium and his private army were well known for chopping hands off of innocent workers. An estimated 10 million people or half of the population died from his reign of terror. People were shot at the stake when trying to escape. One by one Congolese villagers get cruel punishments if the hand requirements were not met.
Congolese Civilians were
*Shot to death
*Karoshi (worked to death)
*Starved to death
*Murdered with knives
*Hands were discarded
*Villages burned
*Forced to do deforestation
*Convert out of their religions
*Slavery
*Extremely hard labor
*Children and Adults had the same punishments
===Aftermath===
When the scale of these atrocities became known to public, a great outcry followed, which forced Belgium to formally annex Congo, turning it into its colony, to end it. Though Belgian rule was nowhere near as bad as Congo Free State, the natives were still treated terribly until the country finally gained independence. Leopold II never suffered punishment for his actions.
Modern-day Belgium now denies that the genocide ever happened and the awful crimes were never recorded in the Belgium history textbooks. Belgium didn't apologize for Leopold's crimes until 2020, and even then it was done without directly mentioning Leopold's part in them. The tense history between these countries lead towards the strong hatred of Belgiumball among Democratic Republic of the Congoball similar to Armeniaball's hatred for Turkeyball.
==Recognition==
===Europe===
* UKball (from 2006)
===Africa===
* Rwandaball
* Burundiball
* Zimbabweball
* Angolaball
* Ugandaball
===Countries that denies the genocide===
* Belgiumball
===States that might recognize in the future===
* EUball
* USAball
Explanation
The Congo genocide explanation
Category:Genocide
Category:Wars involving DR Congoball
Category:Wars involving Central African Republicball
Category:Massacres