

Belgian court sends ex-diplomat, 93, to trial over 1961 murder of Congo leader
Family of the then PM, Patrice Lumumba, welcomed the decision to charge Étienne Davignon as ‘the beginning of a reckoning.’ 17th March 2026 Soldiers stand guard over Patrice Lumumba (right) and his associate Joseph Okito after their arrest in December 1960. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images A former Belgian diplomat, 93, should stand trial over alleged complicity in the 1961 murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of what was then the newly independent Congolese state,
Jennifer Rankin | The Guardian
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