The case was the first in Belgium to shed light on the fate of biracial children born in the former Belgian colonies -- DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi -- who are thought to number around 15,000 ...

But last week the international lawyers of the Common Market were fixing up a side-door treaty with 18 former French and Belgian colonies in Africa (see map). Ultimate purpose of the New ...

The Belgian Congo was huge and underdeveloped ... bordering on nine other African colonies/states, was seriously underdeveloped. There were no African army officers, only three African managers ...