The women at the centre of the legal case said they were taken away from their families, brought up in a convent, mistreated ...

In a landmark case, a court ruled that the women, now in their 70s and 80s, who were taken from their parents in Belgian ...

Thousands of children were forcibly taken from their families in Belgian colonies because they were mixed-race.

FILE - Workers stand by a memorial for Democratic Republic of the Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba ... The return of Lumumba’s tooth from former colonizer Belgium in 2022 had been celebrated ...

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 Belgian state was ordered Monday to pay reparations to five mixed-race women who were forcibly placed in an orphanage 70 ...

The Mausoleum Holding Congo Independence Hero Lumumba's Gold-Capped ... The return of Lumumba’s tooth from former colonizer Belgium in 2022 had been celebrated around Congo, with the tooth ...

The Brussels Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of five women born to a black mother and a white father. As children, they ...