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 ...

In a rare judgment on Belgian involvement in a former colony, a Belgian court ordered on Tuesday that a 93-year-old former diplomat stand trial for the 1961 assassination of Congo's former prime ...

The family of murdered Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba said Tuesday they hope to get justice, as a Belgian court weighs prosecuting the sole surviving suspect over the 1961 killing.

Patrice Émery Lumumba, born Isaïe Tasumbu Tawosa (2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961) was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of ...

Recently, a small but historically significant gesture took place in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. The gesture was the naming of a square in a prominent place in the town after Patrice Emery ...

Patrice Lumumba is the hero of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s truncated bid for complete independence. He was assassinated by local counter-revolutionary forces with the help of the CIA and ...

"Patrice Lumumba, an icon of liberation for the Congo and the continent, was assassinated by the Belgians in 1961. He represented a short but realistic ray of hope for true African democracy. His ...

Congo’s tallest leader Lumumba regained prominence in the US when Michel Kuka Mboladinga stood in the stands for 90 minutes ...

Michel Mboladinga’s tribute to Patrice Lumumba at the FIFA World Cup has become a powerful symbol of national pride, ...

Étienne Davignon had been set to stand trial in connection with the murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. By Lynsey Chutel No one apart ...