Prosecutors have accused a former Belgian diplomat of involvement in the “humiliating and degrading” treatment of Patrice Lumumba Read Full...

A Belgian court has ruled that a former diplomat can stand trial in connection with the killing in 1961 of Patrice Lumumba, Congo’s first prime...

More than six decades after one of Africa’s most controversial political killings, a Belgian court has taken a historic step toward accountability....

More than six decades after one of Africa’s most controversial political killings, a Belgian court has taken a historic step toward accountability....

Etienne Davignon, a 93-year-old ex-diplomat, is accused of involvement in the assassination of the independence hero.

Etienne Davignon, a 93-year-old ex-diplomat, is accused of involvement in the assassination of the independence hero. ......

A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat has been ordered by a Brussels court to stand trial over the assassination of Congo’s first prime minister and...

A Brussels court ruled that Étienne Davignon must stand trial for the murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic...

Family of then PM, Patrice Lumumba, welcome decision to charge Étienne Davignon as ‘beginning of a reckoning’

Etienne Davignon, 93, is the only one alive among 10 Belgians accused by the Congolese leader's family of complicity.