Belgium's King Philippe is on his first visit to former colony Democratic Republic of Congo, where many remain angry at Belgium's failure to apologise for decades of brutal rule. Here are some ...

Belgium finally apologized for its part in Lumumba's death 41 years after the fact. Lumumba's killing ended democracy in Congo for nearly a half century.

Belated exposures of “Belgian Atrocities” in the Congo—true tales of Blackamoors whose hands were hacked off when they failed to bring in sufficient rubber or ivory—were utilized by the ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities on Monday returned a gold-capped tooth belonging to the slain Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba, as the former colonial power continues to confront ...

Analysis - Belgian King Philippe and his wife Queen Mathilde recently led a delegation on a week-long visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The trip was billed as a chance to ...

* From Belgium’s King Leopold II. In the 1880s, when Europe was busy dividing up the continent of Africa, he laid personal claim to the largely uncharted Congo Free State. But Leopold’s rubber ...

Belgium’s King Philippe reaffirmed his deepest regrets on Wednesday for the exploitation, racism and acts of violence during his country’s colonization of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but ...

Six biracial women are suing the Belgian government for crimes against humanity in a landmark case after they were snatched from the families decades ago.

Op-Ed As a Belgian Politician, I Feel a Responsibility to Restitute Stolen Artifacts to the Congo. Here’s Why My Fellow Citizens Should, Too We have to abolish the historical and structural ...