Kinshasa: A statue of King Leopold II of Belgium who ordered the massacre of millions of Congolese, vanished mysteriously a day after it was brought out of a rubbish dump and erected in Kinshasa as a reminder of the horrors of colonial rule. On Wednesday, the 6m (20ft) statue was put up in the centre of a roundabout at one end of June 30 Boulevard in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Christophe Muzungu, the Minister of Culture, said: “We are restoring the history of our country because a people without history is a people without a soul.” A plaque was expected to be added to explain Leopold’s legacy. But last night Leopold was gone. A group of homeless children practised dance routines