Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Belgium's King Philippe returned a traditional mask to Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday (June 8). It was, he said, ...

BRUSSELS/DAKAR (Reuters) - 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 ...

This week, King Philippe of Belgium returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a ceremonial mask stolen during the European country’s violent rule of the former colony. The repatriation took ...

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 again ...

From 1885 until a year before his 1909 death, Belgium’s King Leopold II ruled the Congo Free State as his personal fiefdom, enslaving the region’s inhabitants for the mass production of rubber. The ...

Belgium's King Philippe returned a traditional mask to Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday on his first visit to the former colony, where many remain angry at Belgium's failure to apologise for ...

King Philippe, seen here in a file picture alongside Queen Mathilde, is making his first trip to DR Congo. The country suffered brutal treatment under Belgian ...

King on first visit since taking throne Again stops short of apologising for colonial atrocities Congo president says needs to look to the future KINSHASA, June 8 (Reuters) - Belgium's King Philippe ...

Belgium's King Philippe shakes hands with Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi. [Reuters] Belgium's King Philippe reaffirmed his deepest regrets on Wednesday for the exploitation, ...