Rebranded in recent years as AfricaMuseum, there was a major overhaul to change how it portrayed Belgium’s former colonies, and the European state’s role in their history. “It was becoming a ...

The case was the first in Belgium to shed light on the fate of biracial children born in the former Belgian colonies -- DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi -- who are thought to number around 15,000 ...

The court found that the forced separations were crimes against humanity. Belgium must pay restitution to five women who were forcibly taken from their mothers and placed in orphanages in the ...