Patrice Lumumba’s assassination — and the brutal history of Belgian control of the Congo — have been enduring sources of pain between the two countries ...

Will justice ever be served for Patrice Lumumba? Aged just 35, the charismatic hero of Belgian Congo’s independence was assassinated 60 years ago in a plot linked to the fledgling nation’s colonial ...

The brutal assassination of anti-colonial icon Patrice Lumumba has remained a festering wound in the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo for over six decades. Now, in a historic pivot toward ...

A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat was ordered on Tuesday to stand trial for participation in "war crimes" over his role leading up to the 1961 killing of Congolese independence icon Patrice ...

Decades after Denard’s bloody heyday, mercenaries had learned to go by other names: Contractors. In the early 1960s, the former Belgian Congo came apart at the seams. U.N.-backed Congolese troops ...

FILE - In this July 24, 1960, file photo, Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba waves as he sits in car for the drive from Idlewild Airport, New York after his arrival from Europe to speak to the United ...

Hell isn't hot enough for Etienne Davignon. The brutal assassination of anti-colonial icon Patrice Lumumba has remained a festering wound in the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo for over six ...