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

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.

The government will have to pay reparations to the families of five mixed-race women who were forcibly separated from their families in the colonial-era Belgian Congo. In his 1899 semi ...

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

A Brussels appeals court ruled on Monday that the Belgian state committed a crime against humanity in the case of five ...

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

Belgian State Held Accountable for Colonial-Era Abduction of Mixed-Race Children BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Brussels Court of Appeal on Monday held the state accountable for the systematic abduction ...

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 ...