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Belgian MPs fail to agree on apology for colonial-era atrocities

A statue of Belgium's King Leopold II was taken down in Antwerp in 2020 amid protests over his brutal colonial legacy. Belga/AFP/File

Belgium will not apologise to Congo, Burundi and Rwanda for its colonial past after MPs this week failed to agree on how to seek atonement for abuses committed during the country's colonial regime.

The Belgian parliament set up a commission in 2020 in the wake of protests triggered by the Black Lives Matter movement to examine the country's record in its former central African colonies.

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