Belgian Congo

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A Belgium court has ordered the government to pay reparations to five mixed-race women who were forcibly removed from their families in the colonial-era Belgian Congo.

From BBC

Henri Lopes was born on Sept. 12, 1937, in what was then Léopoldville, later Kinshasa, the capital of what was then the Belgian Congo.

From New York Times

It was an exciting time - when she was training for SOE one report noted that she was "always talking about the Belgian Congo".

From BBC

Nine of Belgium’s 23 richest families still trace their fortunes to Belgian Congo, one survey found.

From New York Times

“The United States has only very poor ores of uranium in moderate quantities,” Mr. Einstein wrote, noting that “the most important source of uranium is Belgian Congo.”

From New York Times