Belgian royal asks nation to apologize to DRC for past

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A member of Belgium’s royal family, Princess Esmeralda, has asked the government to apologize for the mistreatment of the Congolese people during the colonial period in the wake of the death of George Floyd in the US.

Under the brutal rule of King Leopold II from 1885 to 1908, some 10 million Congolese died through murder, starvation, torture, and disease which is condemned by people in the Democratic Republic of Congo to this day.

Source : Anadolu Agency

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