Belgium's King Philippe expressed deep regret on Tuesday for the 'suffering and humiliation' inflicted on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during its 75-year period under Belgian rule.
BRUSSELS - Belgium’s King Philippe expressed deep regret on Tuesday for the “suffering and humiliation” inflicted on the Democratic Republic of the Congo during its 75-year period under Belgian rule.
It is the first such expression of regret for Belgium’s colonial past by a reigning monarch, the royal palace said.“I want to express my deepest regret for these past injuries, the pain of which is regularly revived by the discrimination that is still all too present in our societies,” said the letter, which was seen by Reuters.
The DRC achieved independence in 1960 after the Central African country had been a Belgian colony for 52 years. Millions of Congolese are estimated to have died between 1885 and 1908 after King Leopold II declared it his personal property. Statues of Leopold, whose troops killed and maimed millions of people in Congo, have been defaced or removed in Belgium after global anti-racism protests sparked by the police killing of black American George Floyd swept across Europe.
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