Season 2, Episode 3 The Start of the Belgian Congo

International pressure forced the Belgian government to succeed
King Leopold II, and The Belgian Congo was born.  The Belgian
people were not unanimously behind colonialism, although the colony
was supported by the socialist government on the grounds of
developmental support.  But the companies who were developing
were also exploiting, although now under international scrutiny
their actions The peoples of the Congo entered the 20th Century in
the midst of these tensions.