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Belgian King Returns Mask to Congo in Landmark Visit

But so far, the monarch has not apol­o­gized for decades of bru­tal Bel­gian rule dur­ing which up to 10 mil­lion Con­golese peo­ple died. DAKAR, Sene­gal — The king of Bel­gium on Wednes­day hand­ed over a large wood­en mask to the pres­i­dent of the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of Con­go, one of thou­sands of objects tak­en long ago to…