Vincent Kompany`s father elected as first black mayor in Belgium
(The Guardian Belgium)

Footballer describes the election of his father, who came to Belgium as a refugee from the DRC, as historic The father of Vincent Kompany, the captain of Manchester City and a star of the Belgian national football team, has been elected as Belgium´s first black mayor, in what has been described as a `historic` moment for the country.The election of Pierre Kompany, 71, a mechanical engineer born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the country´s first sub-Saharan-born bourgmestre was celebrated by his son in a video message in which he spoke three languages. Continue reading...