Over 60 years after the killing of the first Congolese prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, prosecutors in Belgium announced ...

Sixty-five years after the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, a key figure in the Congolese independence movement, the Belgian federal prosecutor's office hopes that a trial may finally take place ...

Sixty-five years after the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, a key figure in the Congolese independence movement, the ...

He was executed on January 17, 1961, aged just 35, in the southern region of Katanga, with the support of Belgian mercenaries. His body was dissolved in acid and never recovered. Davignon ...

in the south of what is today the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the support of Belgian mercenaries. He was 35 years old. His body, which was dissolved in acid, has never been found.

Etienne Davignon, 92, is accused of involvement in the detention of Patrice Lumumba before he was killed in 1961.