Patrice Lumumba’s assassination — and the brutal history of Belgian control of the Congo — have been enduring sources of pain between the two countries ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patrice Lumumba (1925 - 1961) leader of Belgian Congo National Movement, and first Prime Minister of the Belgian Congo (Democratic ...

Sixty-five years after the assassination of Patrice Lumumba in 1961, Belgian justice has ordered that a former Belgian diplomat, Étienne Davignon, be committed to trial. He is suspected of ...

A Brussels court ordered former Belgian diplomat Etienne Davignon, 93, to stand trial over alleged involvement in the 1961 killing of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba, a case with enduring political ...

Patrice Lumumba (R) and Senate vice-president Joseph Okito (L) after their arrest in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa) in 1960 Patrice Lumumba's mausoleum in Kinshasa A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat ...

Remembering the African leader after a Brussels court this week ordered a retired Belgian diplomat stand trial for his 1961 assassination. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya On ...

The anti-colonial politician served as Prime Minister of the newly independent Congo for two months in 1960 before he was ousted in a coup, later captured, tortured, executed by firing squad and had ...

Patrice Lumumba, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s first prime minister, was widely beloved in his nation for his advocacy of African liberation. After his brutal assassination following a coup led ...