Inside the palatial walls of Belgium’s Africa Museum stand statues of Leopold II – each one a monument to the king whose rule killed as many as 10 million Africans. Standing close by, one visitor said ...
Belgium's only museum devoted to Central Africa, where Belgium was a colonial power, is being renovated to highlight the deaths of millions of Congolese and the display of others in "human zoos." ...
Belgians agreed that the time had come for a change—almost any change. The empire was gone, the nation still bitterly divided by the fratricidal year-end strike set off by the austerity measures ...
An employee helps to remove the vandalized statue of King Leopold II in Ghent, Belgium. Getty Images Belgium on Tuesday dismantled the statue of King Leopold II, the former monarch held responsible ...
Belgium’s prime minister has formally apologized Thursday — on behalf of the nation — for the kidnapping and forced adoption of thousands of children from former Belgian colonies in Central Africa.
Rwanda’s relations with Belgium are once again deteriorating, with the latest development being Rwanda’s suspension of its development cooperation with the European country. In a statement published ...