Belgian court rules against state in a landmark case addressing its colonial past
A Brussels appeals court has ruled that the Belgian state committed a crime against humanity in the case of five mixed-race ...
5 Women Win Reparations From Belgium for Crimes Under Colonial Rule
In a landmark case, a court ruled that the women, now in their 70s and 80s, who were taken from their parents in Belgian ...
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THE BELGIAN CONGO: Sounds of the Future
Nine months ago bloody nationalist riots in the Congo (TIME, Jan. 19) shocked all Belgium into realizing that the death knell was tolling for Belgian colonialism, too. Last week from Brussels ...
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Belgian king expresses 'deepest regrets' for DR Congo colonial abuses
King Philippe made the remarks in a letter to President Félix Tshisekedi of DR Congo Belgium's King Philippe has expressed his "deepest regrets" to the Democratic Republic of Congo for his ...
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BELGIAN CONGO: After 50 Years
During World War II the Congo even paid the bills for the Belgian government in exile. While Britain and France poured large sums into overseas territories, the Congo colony’s $960 million ten ...
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Congo says mausoleum holding independence hero Lumumba's gold-capped tooth is vandalized
It's not clear who was responsible for the act of vandalism, Congo's ministry of culture said in a statement Tuesday. The return of Lumumba’s tooth from former colonizer Belgium in 2022 had been ...
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The children sent to a DR Congo 'holiday camp' never to come back
A court in Belgium is investigating an orphanage for alleged abduction and trafficking of children from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Children were brought to Belgium and adopted by families ...