Belgian court orders trial of ex-diplomat for aiding murder of first Congo prime minister
A Belgian court on Tuesday ordered 93-year-old former diplomat Etienne Davignon to stand trial for his role in the 1961 assassination of the first elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Patrice Lumumba. Davignon, who was a junior diplomatic intern at the time of the assassination, is the first person to be […]
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