A road sign is pictured at the entrance of the Leopold II tunnel, named after former Belgian King, in central Brussels, Belgium September 7, 2020. Picture taken September 7, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Brussels has asked its residents to pick a new name for the King Leopold II road tunnel in a step aimed at coming to terms with Belgium's colonial past and addressing gender inequality.
A statue of Leopold II - whose colonial rule at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries cost millions of lives in central Africa - was removed by activists in Brussels in June amid Black Lives Matter protests.
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