epresentatives of the descendants of African slaves and Indigenous peoples of Suriname on Monday formally accepted an apology from visiting King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands for widespread ...

At a meeting with Surinamese President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons on Monday, the king said he was "aware of how deeply this resonates with the descendants of enslaved people and Indigenous communities.

(Handout/Suriname Presidential Press/AFP) Representatives of the descendants of African slaves and Indigenous peoples of Suriname on Monday formally accepted an apology from visiting King ...

Currently (as of September 2025) there are 181 thousand people living in the Netherlands who were born in Suriname. Because most of them moved to the Netherlands in the 1970s, they are now ...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC) — France has bestowed the “Knight of the Legion of Honor”, the lowest rank in the country’s highest civilian order, on Surinamese medical practitioner, Dr Ruben del Prado.

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A total of 256,000 Surinamese citizens have emigrated to the Netherlands since the country became independent in 1975, Statistics Netherlands has reported. November 25 will mark 50 years of Suriname’s ...

Descendants of African slaves and Indigenous peoples in Suriname have formally accepted King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands’ apology for slavery during a private ceremony. Wilgo Ommen, a ...