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Family of then PM, Patrice Lumumba, welcome decision to charge Étienne Davignon as ‘beginning of a reckoning’
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 st
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Etienne Davignon, the only surviving suspect, is ordered to stand trial over war crimes tied to Patrice Lumumba's killing six decades ago. The case represents a historic moment in confronting Belgium's colonial past.
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A former Belgian diplomat has been ordered to stand trial over the 1961 murder of Patrice Lumumba, who became the first prime minister of Congo after the country’s independence from Belgium. The 93-year-old suspect is the first person to be prosecuted in the case. All other suspects have passed away
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Étienne Davignon, 93, is the only surviving former official accused in connection to Patrice Lumumba’s death
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Etienne Davignon, 93, is the only one alive among 10 Belgians accused by the Congolese leader's family of complicity.
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Drone strike reportedly kills at least 1 person in the eastern Congo city of Goma AP News
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