When Congo was under Belgian colonial rule between 1908 and 1960, thousands of mixed-race children were abducted from their ...

A Belgian court ordered its government to pay reparations to a group of women over forced separations during colonization.

In its ruling Monday, the Brussels Court of Appeal held the Belgian State responsible for the abduction and systematic racial ...

A Belgium court has ordered the government to pay reparations to five mixed-race women who were forcibly removed from their ...

Belgium has faced increasing scrutiny over its colonial history, particularly its rule over Congo, considered one of the harshest in Africa. Between 1885 and 1908, King Leopold II governed the ...

The women, now in their 70s, were born between 1948 and 1952 in Congo, which was colonized by Belgium from 1908 to 1960. They collectively sued the Belgian government for forcibly abducting them ...

Known as “métis," the children were snatched away from families and placed in religious institutions and homes by Belgian authorities that ruled Congo from 1908 to 1960. A lower court had first ...

Reversing an earlier ruling that found too much time had passed since the alleged wrongdoing, the Brussels appeals court said the women, born in Belgian-ruled Congo and now in their 70s ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Belgium has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for the kidnapping of mixed-race children in the ...

The Brussels Court of Appeal on Monday found the Belgian state guilty of “crimes against humanity” for kidnapping five mixed-race women when they were children in Congo under colonial rule.

BRUSSELS, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The Brussels Court of Appeal on Monday held the state accountable for the systematic abduction of "metis" children, those of mixed European and African heritage, from ...