Belgium to Put Former Diplomat on Trial Over Lumumba Assassination
"Enfin la Belgique regarde son histoire en face" : vers un procès pour l'assassinat de Lumumba
Summary
Sixty-five years after the assassination of Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba, Belgian justice is reopening the case. Former diplomat Étienne Davignon has been referred to trial for "participation in war crimes" in a closed-door ruling in Brussels that remains open to appeal. The case marks a landmark moment in Belgium's long-delayed reckoning with its colonial past in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Belgian Diplomat to Stand Trial for Role in 1961 Assassination of Congo's Lumumba