The Latest Breaking News from Belgium

Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in colonial Congo

Court said five women were victims of ‘systematic kidnapping’ by state over forced removal from mothers as small children

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2024

Belgian court rules against state in a landmark case addressing its colonial past

A Brussels appeals court has ruled that the Belgian state committed a crime against humanity in the case of five mixed-race women in Cmgo who were taken away from their Black mothers in infancy

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2024

Belgium to pay damages for forced separations in Congo during colonial rule

Belgium’s Court of Appeals on Monday ordered the government to pay compensation to five Congolese women who were forcibly separated from their mothers during colonial rule. The court ruled that the abductions, which happened over 70 years ago, amounted to crimes against humanity.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 2, 2024

‘I cried, I cried. I had no one’: the brutal child kidnappings that shamed Belgian Congo

Over 70 years ago, thousands of mixed-race boys and girls were torn from their mothers by order of the state. This week five survivors hope a court will censure Belgium for crimes against humanity

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2024

F1 team-mates' qualifying battles: Qatar GP

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.

Motorsport · Nov 29, 2024

Voices: Before voting on assisted dying today, I urge MPs to remember the definition of insanity

COMMENT: If the House of Commons had good reason to reject assisted suicide in 2015, when the idea was last debated, they have even greater reason to do so now, says Tanni Grey-Thompson

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2024

Kevin De Bruyne says he is relaxed over Manchester City contract talks amid MLS transfer speculation

The talented Belgium international will become a free agent in June - with talks having stalled at the Etihad Stadium

FourFourTwo · Nov 27, 2024

“It has been such a long time coming. I’ve wanted to make a Chapman amp for years”: Rob Chapman is branching out into tube amps and promises buttery cleans and “heavy, chewy, saturated gain”

The Cloudhammer is a high-end 40-watt all-tube head that's hand-wired in Belgium by AmS Amps' Ben Genot, and the prototype looks and sounds pretty sweet

MusicRadar · Nov 26, 2024

No rush – Kevin De Bruyne relaxed over Man City contract talks

The Belgium playmaker’s deal expires at the end of the season.

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2024

F1 team-mates' qualifying battles: Las Vegas GP

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.

Motorsport · Nov 23, 2024