Belgium has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for the kidnapping of mixed-race children in the Congo, the first time the country is held accountable for its actions as a colonial power.

Leopold II, Belgium’s longest reigning monarch from 1865 to 1909, is notorious for instigating a brutal colonial regime in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. By some estimates ...

Forbidden from changing the monument, Hew Locke will ‘interrupt the view’ with golden symbols of colonial brutality ...

Recognizing the "colonized and plundered mind" is also an important step in the cultural reconstruction of developing ...

Mr Locke’s symbols of the Congo’s exploitation include a severed hand and King Leopold II’s decapitated head - Hew Locke/City of Ostend In the wake of Black Lives Matter, some Belgian cities ...

1,400 miles up the Congo River. Blinded from drinking denatured ... To plumb this jungle mystery, the Belgian district officer at Ponthierville assigned a native policeman named Bumba, who ...

Here, miners work with their hands and carry 50-kilo (110-pound ... Over 100 years ago, slaves in the Congo Free State, ...

"Firstly, a leader must have a passion, a vision and an ambition, followed by collaboration with the team." - Bernard Kaninda ...

In the heart of west Belfast, a derelict stadium named after Irish revolutionary Roger Casement has become the focal point of ...