Ironically, after founding the International African Association in 1876 - with the purported aim of introducing humanitarian aid across Central Africa - King Leopold II then enlisted the assistance of the explorer Henry Stanley. Under the watchful eye of Europe, Leopold II then seized Congo by enforced brutality in 1885, and it then became known as the…
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