The Belgian ruler Leopold II had elaborate plans to extract resources from Africa. Pachyderms played a part.

speaking about the time when King Leopold II occupied the Congo. According to the official website of National Geographic, Leopold was known for forming the Congo Free State after taking over the ...

Under Leopold’s brutal regime ... “I had stumbled upon a secret society of murderers, with a King for a croniman.” In 1908, the Congo Free State was annexed by the Belgian government ...

Yes, it was the Congo Conference, called to regulate the exploitation of the stupendously rich area around the Congo who owner, Leopold King of Belgium ... it “Congo Free State” a personal ...

The modern history of the Congo, the heart of Africa, is a terrifying tale of appalling brutality: how the greedy and incredibly ruthless King Leopold II of Belgium (1935-1909) turned a vast ...