From the year1885 to 1908, a  King Leopold II of Belgium murdered about 10-15 million Congolese in order to colonise that country.
King Leopold told the world that his objective in Congo was "to open to civilization the only part of our globe to which it had not penetrated" and what did his civilization mean for Afrika?:

1. It meant the raising of a colonial army known as the Force Publique that he used to destroy hundreds of villages and towns in Congo;

2.  enslaving the entire Congo;

3. forcing Congolese to go deep into the most watery tropics in search of rubber;

4.  the cutting off of the right hands of all those who couldn't meet their quota or giving them up to 100 lashes

Summary
In the 23 years (1885-1908) Leopold II ruled the Congo he massacred 10 million Afrikans by cutting off their hands and genitals, flogging them to death, starving them into forced labour, holding children ransom and burning villages. The ironic part of this story is that Leopold II committed these atrocities by not even setting foot in the Congo.

 - digitaljournal

How Congo remained a colony

"Lumumba became the country’s first prime minister upon independence on June 30, 1960 at the age of 34. But his premiership would not last long. Barely three months later, he was toppled in a Western-backed coup, after being arrested and tortured. On Jan. 17, 1961, he was executed and his body, along with those of two associates, was cut up with a hacksaw and soaked in sulphuric acid—erasing any trace of his physical being.

Since then, Belgium has made a conscious effort to shy away from its long lasting colonial legacy especially what it did in DRC. In 2002 (41 years later), Belgium finally admitted responsibility for being part of the plot, that involved the CIA driven by the Cold War and pursuit of Congo’s valuable minerals, to kill Lumumba and his associates. His assassination has been described as “the most important assassination of the 20th century.”

While colonial occupying forces have often had destructive legacies in Africa, even by those standards, Belgium’s rule in Congo is often singled out as one of the most brutal. Rich in valuable precious minerals, DRC was Belgium’s crown jewel. King Leopold II declared the territory, which is about 70 times the size of Belgium, along with its people, his personal possession. The capital, Kinshasa, was formerly known as Leopoldville—though the king himself never stepped foot there.

Leopold used the wealth he amassed in Congo to embark on massive developmental works at home while local Congolese perished on rubber farms where failure to meet quotas would result in the severing of hands and feet by his officers. Historians believe his heavy handed remote rule was responsible for the deaths of 10 million people. In his now famous Independence Day speech (made in the presence of King Baudouin of Belgium), Lumumba described Belgian colonization as “[a] humiliating bondage forced upon us.”

- qz.com

"In Congo, Lumumba's assassination is rightly viewed as the country's original sin. Coming less than seven months after independence (on 30 June, 1960), it was a stumbling block to the ideals of national unity, economic independence and pan-African solidarity that Lumumba had championed, as well as a shattering blow to the hopes of millions of Congolese for freedom and material prosperity."

- The Guardian

 Congo Today
We can now see part of what the "Civilization" that the White man brought to us means. Even today, Congo is still one of the poorest nations of the world:

"Although the DRC has abundant natural resources, unfortunately with a projected 2018 GDP per capita of USD 468, the country is in the unenviably position of being the poorest country in the world."

- focus-economiesdotcom

"Congo is  ranked the second poorest country in the world, it is due to several facts covering the country and its people. First, most of the country’s 6.7 million hungry people are living in five conflict-affected provinces which are located in the Eastern part of the country. Also, nearly half of the country’s children under five are stunted; short for their age or are malnourished. Twenty three percent of children under the age of below five years old and 14 percent of women are considered underweight. Because of on-going conflict in the DRC and nearby regions, there are 2.7 million internally displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was also recorded that between years 2013 to 2014, 1.8 million IDPs have returned to their areas of origin and finds their houses, schools and professions but all have been looted or destroyed. Aside from these, there are much more factors that makes this country almost on the 1st rank of the poorest countries in the world."

- toptenreviewofdotcom
2018 report

Conclusion
Since the days the colonisers met Congo and "Civilised" them, Congo has never known a better day.

Eze Chimere Nwauzo
Leader of OAF