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 forced removal of mixed-race children in the Belgian Congo had its roots in the policies of King Léopold II, who ruled the Congo as his personal colony from 1885 to 1908. Who was responsible ...
In December 2024, a Belgian court ordered the government to pay reparations to five mixed-race women after they were forcibly ...
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.