of the seas of congo is not really independent. and he went on the truth and memory and both acknowledging the suffering acknowledging the suffering of office to put on its independence by name but not mentally politically or physically if you can move. this recognition was clearly expressed this morning by a son friend in his message to president to say katie to the congolese people. that didn't it's a measure of progress it's not a letter of apology excuse it is difficult if you'll have to apologize or rather ask to be forgiven for what our ancestors did little said. also coming up tonight the european union begins reopening its borders tomorrow to travelers from countries that have the coronavirus occur canadians will be allowed in americans will no i think then banning americans is totally reasonable i mean the us has done a very similar thing to europe i don't think they'll necessarily be a rush because i don't think people are really ready to travel yet. but you all reviewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the

thanks to congo and congo we helped them to become a state statues of leopold the 2nd like this one in the seaside resort of all stand are everywhere but there is no mention that his lavish public spending was financed by congolese robber and no mention of the millions of congolese people killed in the process instead the official website directs tourists to a walking tour highlighting how the king's achievements bolstered the town's prestige since the protests started a number of statues and busts have been taken down. but of origins are busy restoring others this history professor things that sends the wrong message. to mean problems of voting and this is again a difference with other former clooney matter polls is that we do not have any monuments for victims of the colonization or heroes of and take luna distance. unvetted she is collecting her son she wants him to learn as much as possible about his family's history her old mother still remembers the brutal reality of colonial rule in the mid 20th century and effete not our parents back in africa didn't want us to see how they wer

where is how enterprise families go to reach things to loot thanks to congo and the congo really helped belgium to become a state statues of leopold the 2nd like this one in the seaside resort of austin are everywhere but there is no mention that his lavish public spending was financed by congolese robber and no mention of the millions of congolese people killed in the process instead the official website directs tourists to a walking tour highlighting how the king's achievements bolstered the town's prestige. since the protests started a number of statues and busts have been taken down. but of origins of busy restoring others this history professor things that sends the wrong message. to main problem of the belgian and this is again a difference with other former colonial better pulls is that we do not have any monuments for victims of the colonization or heroes of anti community since the un vets he is collecting her son she wants him to learn as much as possible about his family's history her old mother still remembers the brutal reality of colonial rule in the midst 20 century uneth

that were responsible for the brutal killings of millions of people and that's his family is from congo her mother lived through the harsh rule and that's why and is taking to the streets to call for a removal of art and statues that glorify colonial times. finally i'm betsy feels a little less alone. for years beyond historian has tried to challenge the way belgium deals with its colonial past now she's among thousands calling for the removal of all monuments of the country's longest serving monarch the man who had adopted a brutal colonial regime in what is now the democratic republic of congo king leopold the 2nd. we all know that those teachers have a symbolic bell were and i'm totally confused out for some people. they don't want us to demonstrate or they will don't want people to demonstrate and to see with these 3 cheers not because they want to keep those to choose their they want to keep else in earth to choose of inferiority. i'm glad she was born in belgium but had to fight racism all her life she struggled to forge a career in the arts facing many rejections now she has open

his regret for his country's brutal colonial rule in the congo. his letter to the president, the king acknowledged belgium's racist legacy under king leopold the second, expressing "deepest regrets for the harm done to the congolese people, the memory of which is still burnened into the countrtry's collective memory." >> it was 60 years ago that belgian flags were taken down in the capital of what was then called the belgian congo. guided by the independence leader of the republic of congo declared itself independent from belgium after 75 years of colonial rule. he went on to become the country's first elected prime minister. it capped a violent chapter of history. millions of congolese were enslaved and killed during belgium's colonial rule. in a letter to the drc presisidt , the belgian king expressed regret for the suffering and oppression caused by belgian colonizers paving in kinshasa, people had mixed reactions to the letter. a letter, yes, it's not bad. as it is from belgium, i cannot really take it seriously, especially since they are stil

the beginning of the end of hong kong's old tongue is also coming up as the democratic republic of congo march 60 years of independence an expression of regret from belgium the country's former colonial rule of king philip sends a letter to the president of the d r c expressing remorse for the brutal rule looking leopold the 2nd in africa and since often under surveillance a palestinian family shows g.w. news what their lives have become in the west bank as israel plans to end it parts of the terrorists will. go off it's good to have you with us a new security law for hong kong supported and pushed by beijing is now in effect and pro-democracy activists say this could be the beginning of the end of hong kong all tommy the do law allows with ortiz to crack down on activities which beijing regards as subversive and could see protesters dealt with by authorities in china not in hong kong. they fear this might be their last chance to protest tuesday's flash more than a shopping center was small but defiant everyone knew things were changing some fear to show their faces. today i feel i meet

country's colonial past in africa i think for the rights of the president of the democratic republic of congo expressing regret cooking leopold's brutal rule as the d.l.c. monks 60 years of independence. time for girl welcome to the program china's president xi jinping has signed into law a controversial new measures that critics fear will restrict freedoms in hong kong if though the new national security laws which took a media to effect will undermine the one country 2 systems policy agreed and beijing resumed control of the former british colony in 1970 but has described this as a gray staff the european union says it deplores the move. they feel at this might be their last chance to protest. today's flash mall been a shopping center was small but defiant everyone knew things were changing and some feared showing their faces. on the day i feel on the top of that it's very sad because they can ask of can they even don't know the detail of the law it just pass it and if no one rejects so. i think most of the people there are scared as. this is what they're scared of the chinese security law

country's colonial abuses in africa king family writes the president of the democratic republic of congo expressing regret for king leopold's brutal rule is that they are same up 60 years of independence. and fenced off and under surveillance of palestinian family tells d.w. how that navigating life in a unique west bank all claims as israel nice plans to onyx the territory. i'm still go welcome to the program china has passed a new security law for hong kong which many fear will remove the territory's autonomy and democracy it will allow authorities to crack down on activities in hong kong that it got that china because it's a subversive and secessionist and could see protesters that dealt with by beijing or thoughts is rather than inside the territory chinese lawmakers passed the new rules on tuesday sparking protests internationally and in hong kong itself. they feel and this might be their last chance to protest. today's flash mall been a shopping center was small but defiant everyone knew things were changing and some fit showing their faces. today i feel to meet a couple that is ve

congo is all regions all congolese people living in that particular space. found a way to challenge that never. about collaboration and also challenge the rest of the experience in belgium. can felipe's lettuces the wounds of the past a quote rekindled by the discrimination all too present in our society belgium's national parliament has already set up a truth and reconciliation commission on the country's colonial history for many it's a small step in the right direction nadine barber al-jazeera. at least 8 people have been killed than 80 others injured in the ethiopian town of following the killing of a popular singer thousands of fans of followed at shiloh 100 cascaded at this about with protests over his shooting taking place in several cities police are investigating what happened to the musician who's known for political songs about the rights of the overall more people they are all more ethiopia's largest ethnic group but they've often complained about the scrim a nation. one person has been killed those protesters in sudan attempt to pile the pressur

congo is all regions all congolese people living in that particular space. far away to challenge that never to leave about causation and also challenge the rest of the experience in belgium. can felipe's lettuces the goons of the past to quote rekindled by the discrimination all too present in our society belgium's national parliament has already set up a truth and reconciliation commission on the country's colonial history for many it's a small step in the right direction nadine barber al-jazeera. well let's go to tracy bieber tansey actually is a political scientist an activist who focuses on gender and race and she joins us on skype from brussels tracy i note that this letter wrote have deep regret but it stopped short of a full apology is it enough. no actually it's not enough but we are happy because it is a step in the right direction now he's saying that he has deep regrets we need an apology and we need my permission so i will do next steps will come after this letter that. you mentioned reparations there what would you like to see by way of reparati

i'm back to you knows that many parents of congo do not like to share on pleasant memories but for her son and the generations to come she feels transparency is the best way forward . to india to this a close family meal so fast it. all those family secrets are passed on from generation to generation and raise on people when you say things clearly this allows future generations to cope with the past so they don't become victims of what remains in our collective consciousness in this interest soon he has to do. everywhere you go in belgium you come across colonial monuments confronting the reality of this past is a painful but crucial process what's he feels now a 1st step has been made. next stop south africa the w.h.o. says a substance derived from the artemisia plant may be used in combination to treat uncomplicated malaria but some people in south africa hope it might also help tackle the coronavirus that's a boon for farmers. south africa's eastern cape province farmer john obvious sally and his family are picking the herb african the wards. in. the family can pick as many as 10 be

that's right king leopold the 2nd colonized congo in a way that makes some other. message hers look look small by comparison more than $10000000.00 congolese were killed during the period that belgium ruled congo and of course many of us know about about the chopping off of hands and feet if rubber production wasn't up to the standards of the belgian overseers so this has been a longstanding complaint that belgians of connally's descent and even other belgians have had that king leopold 2 should not be held in a reverent status there should not be huge statues of him all over the country and we have seen those statues then the lies over the last week almost every day in a different park around the country and they are saying it's time for king leopold 2 not to be seen as this wonderful figure that you know did brought peace to peace and security to congo and instead he should be seen in the in the context of his very brutal treatment of that country and the march today in brussels that comes after a 1st attempt to organize a black last night or march on monday what

well 1st of all congo is not a country that's known to try people in politics specially for corruption corruption has been taking place not only in the cup but the book also in the outlying regions of the country. there's been massive corruption cases in the past involving the minerals of the concrete. abundantly fall off and we've not seen anything of these teachers at any time before which. many observers say lends credibility to the argument but this is just a way of getting this possum out of the way but again the prosecution had come up with. some significant evidence according to the judges in valve body which allowed them to believe that he was actually involved in corruption including. buying property abroad with the. money that he got from the government according to the judges or mohammed thanks very much indeed mohammed are reporting that. a powerful attorney who's prosecuted a number of associates of the u.s. president donald trump is refusing to step down even though the attorney general has named his replacement jeffrey berman says he'll continue his work was elected prim

was once seen as a potential candidate for president of the democratic republic of congo but the high court has now convicted him of corruption and disqualified him from holding public office for 10 years to come mary has been in detention in kinshasa central prison also known as mccullough since april 8. bit is sentenced to 20 years hard labor after serving the sentence for talcum is forbidden from voting or running for election or from holding public office at any level for 10 years the case against kerry is unprecedented while some argue it's the right step towards coming widespread corruption. his supporters see it as a means of settling politico's caused uproar to remove him from the 2023 presidential election. to calm down a lot of hefty sounded with the case focused only on the talcum area when other people should be investigated people receive certain benefits when they work for the presidency i condemn a justice system that sets its sights on a single person to talk america. can marry has been a central figure in congolese politics for the past 2 decades he pulled out of the

he's still here in belgium king leopold the 2nd who made congo his personal property abused the people and exploited their land. the statue is of all places by matangi a brussels district named after an area of congo's capital kinshasa a slice of africa in belgium and a magnet for tourists. share this dinner sure she owns a bookshop in the district she says she doesn't feel accepted as a black belgian woman. part to look at more of her i get angry when someone just walks into the shop without asking or talking to me or someone who comes in him asks where i'm from where i'm from belgium because as he's young believe the roots of her family and that of many others a part of congo is trauma. king leopold colonized the country in 1905 and ruled was horrific brutality cutting off people's hands was a common punishment. some estimate that more than $10000000.00 congolese people died chewing gum which is rule and exploitation of. congolese natural resources i free. when european colonialist left independence was not accompanied by compensation. many belgians have congolese roots and many are

but for covered 90 belgium's king philip would be in the democratic republic of congo he's apologized he can't be in the capital kinshasa for the marking the 60th anniversary of independence and he's become the 1st reigning belgian morning to express regret for the country's colonial past in a letter to fed ex she said katie the president of the d.l.c. king felipe conveys his deepest regrets for the acts of violence and cruelty of the suffering and humiliation inflicted on congo there was no apology from him or from belgium's prime minister sophie vilma's seen here in brussels unveiling a plaque commemorating the d.l.c. 60th anniversary vilma stressed the importance of recognizing the suffering caused by colonialism when i began. belgians she is a common history with congo in 2020 remains be able to look quickly city and discernment at this shit past the past marked by inequality and violence towards the congolese king leopold the 2nd an ancestor of belgians current king ruled over parts of congo from $885.00 to $98.00 with a private army he secured vast personal wealth in slaving the

one of democratic republic of congo's high profile politicians has been sentenced to 20 years in prison with hard labor for corruption a court and can shots are found to be talcum or hate guilty of embezzling more than 50 $1000000.00 from a public housing fund has served as a presidential chief of staff and was also seen as a potential successor to president felix just a kitty and his supporters say the trial was politically motivated we can now speak to maurice carney he's the executive director of friends of the congo race thank you for joining us i want to start with this ruling because of corruption amongst elites in the d.l.c. is widely acknowledged to be endemic do you believe that this is a genuine step towards holding people to account does today's ruling surprise you. well it is surprising to some extent you have to understand the history of it ok mary's a big fish as it is stated in that he was instrumental in getting president could be re-elected in 2000 sticks he served as president of the parliament 206-2009 and he was instrumental in getting a few extra security elected th

event is visible as you can say across a narrow band it will be visible across a narrow band from congo brazzaville to southern china the eclipse coincides with the northern hemisphere is longest day of the meeting the watching date of the news i'll be back with more news headlines next down until then you can check out our website d.w. dot com i'm rebecca richards thanks very much watching. the stories that matter to. you but. whatever it takes. no running know. how to get a good. job you made for mines. one just one sees only one you feel like that get rid of the other is. an excerpt from a diary published anonymously as a woman in berlin in the spring of 1905 the author was repeatedly gang raped by soviet soldiers. western allied soldiers also committed mass rape during the liberation of berlin as so often women were treated as spoils of war a reward for the conquering soldiers granted to them by their superiors part of the collateral damage that is unavoidable in conflicts or so the claim. for more than 70 years this sexual violence remained hidden from the history books as did the

to african people and congolese people he emphatically that and congo these people didn't have to put in it until march and write the whole history so it is difficult to reflect on those issues. though the congolese state today didn't take time to really try to tackle those problems. the army in northern mozambique is struggling to stop attacks by fighters affiliated twice and hundreds of people have been killed and 200000 have fled their homes in about delgado province but in the past 3 years and soldiers sent to confront the fighters battling for islamic state and we get queues of the pieces i can where has this. beheadings kidnappings and torching of homes is what these people fled now they live in this camp in northern mozambique an armed group has been attacking villages in cabo don't getto province for nearly 3 years. said doris. there are boys in there but not really it was about 5 in the afternoon when the attackers came and started burning houses i ran with my wife and i shot her they killed her in front of me i managed to escape they came with guns and machetes and started b

consider the plight of the millions of people displaced by violence in the democratic republic of congo. i'm legal means with the sports news including an update on the motor sport and power alex so noddy he's in a serious but stable condition following surgery on a severe head injury suffered in a crush on thursday we'll hear from one of the doctors treating him in history. a tell all memoir by the former u.s. national security advisor john bolton will be released next week after a district court declined a request by the white house to block its publication the trumpet ministration had argued the room where it happened contained classified information and it not gone through the necessary clearances but was more than 200000 copies already distributed alton argued it was too late to stop its release donald trump has called the memoir a compilation of lies and made up stories well despite that donald trump has welcomed the ruling and says bolton will have to give back any money that he makes . give me back in my opinion they are going to give it back i think it's very smart and very goo

for president to katie's role against endemic corruption in the democratic republic of congo. the president loses one of his closest allies in this process struggle with former president just of kabila still control most of the country's institutions how about the al-jazeera nairobi. mali is being urged to rerun some contested local elections as soon as possible as anti-government protests gain momentum in the capital bamako regional bloc ecowas is encouraging mali to form a government of national unity as calls grow for president even. to step down marches local elections were poorly attended partly due to fears of attacks by armed groups wife in the region. china has renewed its claim over the disputed border region where 20 indian soldiers were killed last week beijing says the got one valley region is entirely inside china and is accused indian troops of entering its territory india's government has rejected china's claims. police in belarus have a rested dozens of protesters and journalists during an opposition rally a reporter for radio free europe was detained live on a

now one of democratic republic of congo's high profile. politicians has been sentenced to 20 is in prison with hard labor for corruption a court in kinshasa found vitale guilty of embezzling more than $15000000.00 from a public housing fund now he said presidential chief of staff and was also seen as a potential successor to president felix just a k.t. his supporters say the trial was politically motivated to do has been watching all the developments from nairobi he explains the significance of kamar his conviction . trial is unprecedented in everywhere you look at it he's the highest ranking politician to. charges in a country that is rife with corruption the government of security is saying that it is trying to deal with and then we could opt to that flight this is a boost but again it also denies the president. an ally at a time when he's having to fight with people. just of camilla's government on these a power struggle going on with the supporters of joseph kabila already controlling most of the government is to deny zuma as well but

and accordingly democratic republic of congo is due to deliver its verdict in the corruption trial of a former presidential chief of staff beatle come area is accused of embezzling more than $50000000.00 from a housing fund. the coronavirus crisis now in brazil has now recorded more than 1000000 cases of call that 19 but experts are warning that the worst is yet to come it recorded more than 54000 infections on friday a new high for the country which is the epicenter of the pandemic in latin america you see in human reports we're going to show the 1st football match of the rio de janeiro state championship was anything but a joyous occasion. fans of brazil's most popular team flamingo protested outside the magic on a stadium against president. he's been betting that the return of football matches will send a message to brazilians that it's time to get back to normal and back to work with local people but working in a movement is against the reopening of the championship it's a fascist irresponsibility of the government which is not committed to helping people only concerned about the

the gist of kabila the former president of the democratic republic of congo in 2013 he. had a pact with president felix a kid in the current president and aggrieved poll team. so that he could succeed him once security is the done with his time in office another point he was offered the position of the prime minister wasn't going to be because the cicadas party did not win enough majority in parliament the needed the support of kabila sparty and during negotiations the position of prime minister one to the party of the former president and committee hard to settle for being the chief of staff of security and now his supporters are saying that this child was all about getting him out of the political scene completely. mohammed thanks very much for that tape he is on the trial from my reverie. all right let's move on to weather rob standing by has been what the u.s. southwest and improve in the southeast in the carolinas you're right and does improving but only slowly it has been a thing that we call a cutoff low a hole in the atmosphere sitting over the carolinas for the

congo is all regions all congolese people living in that particular space. found a way to challenge that never. about collaboration and also challenge the rest of the experience in belgium. can felipe's lettuces the wounds of the past a quote rekindled by the discrimination all too present in our society belgium's national parliament has already set up a truth and reconciliation commission on the country's colonial history for many it's a small step in the right direction nadine barber al-jazeera. one person has been killed and several others wounded during largely peaceful protests in sudan tuesday's them astray sions drew hundreds of thousands of people on to the streets in cities and towns across the country the protesters want justice for those killed the during and the after the rule of former president omar al bashir heba morgan reports now from capital. despite the pandemic and coronavirus state of health emergency hundreds of thousands poured on to sudan street from the capital to the various states and to those stuck in displacement camps because of

sexual mutilation in the democratic republic of congo rape camps in bosnia deliberate transmissions of hiv aids in but wanda sexual torture treated for the 1st time in history by the international criminal court as a constituent element in genocide. international justice that struggles to hold to account major military leaders such as sean pierre bemba whose conviction in 2016 for the crimes and rapes committed by his troops in the central african republic was overturned for lack of evidence. such just must be. no trial judgment can be allowed just downed in such circumstances. that have had i can't even call them soldiers or offices in any real sense they were nothing but savage to us. that they raped women all women of all ages from out 3068 i saw 168 year old women rights in the most terrible way right before my eyes. my sister and my 60 year old mother too in the most savage way they acted like animals as well curious about how the. many german women dared to speak openly about the mass rapes committed by the soviet army but only a few spoke of the thousands of braves committed dur

human rights group calls for justice and a crackdown by security forces and democratic republic of congo between 201528 in. the saudi coalition attack kills 4 children in yemen just after the u.n. removed it from a blacklist of parties that endangered children in conflict. desperate for food peruvians risk their lives and its tricks coronavirus restrictions. north korea has blown up its joint days in office with south korea was opened on the border close on 2 years ago he has been threatening to cut off to south korea defectors sent food medicine and propaganda leaflets over the border. you look at some of. the north south joint liaison office was completely ruined on tuesday in the wake of cutting off all the communication lines corresponding to the mindset of the enraged people to surely force human scum and those who have shelter at the scum to pay dearly for their crimes. let's bring in wrong mcbride now who is in south korea's capital so rob is this just about propaganda leaflets or is there more going on here. well this is a very worrying development development that potentially pu

time to really face up to the country's colonialist past especially the cruel tyranny imposed on the congo by king leopold the 2nd. finally and betsy feels a little less alone. for years the obvious story and has tried to challenge the way belgium deals with its colonial past now she's among thousands calling for the removal of all monuments of the country's longest serving monarch the man who headed up a brutal colonial regime in what is now the democratic republic of congo king leopold the 2nd. we all know that both teachers have a symbolic belward and i'm totally feels that for some people. they are they don't want us to demonstrate or they will don't want people to demonstrate and to see with these not because they want to keep those issues there they want to keep else in earth did years of inferior team. hundreds he was born in belgium but had to fight racism all her life she struggled to forge a career in the arts facing. many rejections now she has opened her own gallery that spotlights the work of black artists. because the recession here is very sceptical and this is what me makes

reigning monarch almost apologizes for they have old colonial abuse of the democratic republic of congo. we meet a woman grappling with the legacy of belgium's colonial rule that she fights won't cover her family history jackie and good but was one of thousands of children kidnapped from their mothers in rwanda. and defying the rules on physical distancing south african mini bus drivers and could end up like celebrating the spread of a 90. i'm so gail welcome to the program a china has passed a national security law for hong kong which many fear will remove the territories autonomy and democracy and allow go for assist to crack down on activities in the territory that beijing recounts a subversive and secessionist and could see protesters dealt with by authours is in china or rather than on the island chinese lawmakers passed the new rules on tuesday sparking protests internationally and in hong kong. itself. they fear this might be their last chance to protest tuesday's flash morgan a shopping center was small but to scient everyone knew things were changing something to show their fac