A Brussels court has ordered Belgium to pay damages to five women, now in their 70s and 80s, who were abducted from their ...

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

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 ...

A Brussels appeals court has ruled that the Belgian state committed a crime against humanity in the case of five mixed-race ...

In a landmark ruling, Belgium's court of appeals on Monday said that five women, born in Belgian-ruled Congo and now in their ...

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.

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 ...