Eventually, growing scrutiny of Leopold's regime led to a popular campaign movement, centered in Britain and America, to force Belgium to annex the Congo Free State in order to end the overexploitation without disrupting the delicate balance of power in colonial Africa.
Eventually, growing scrutiny of Leopold's regime led to a popular campaign movement, centered in Britain and America, to force Leopold to renounce his ownership of the Congo. The "Belgian solution" they proposed was for Belgium to annex it in order to end the overexploitation without disrupting the delicate balance of power in colonial Africa.