King Philippe returns looted Suku mask to DR Congo
DRC President Félix Tshisekedi and King Philippe of Belgium at the national museum in Kinshasa on June 8, 2022, when the King returned the looted Suku mask. PHOTO | DRC PRESIDENCY
Visiting Belgian King Philippe on Wednesday personally handed back a traditional mask looted from DR Congo during its troubled colonial period.
King Philippe, who arrived in Kinshasa on Tuesday for his maiden visit to Africa’s former biggest Belgian colony, was not even born yet when the mask was looted. But his visit was met with what his forerunner monarch King Leopold did to the Congo, including looting and plundering the country’s resources.
