Patrice Lumumba, the first legally elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was assassinated 50 years ago today, on 17 January, 1961. This heinous crime was a culmination of two inter-related assassination plots by American and Belgian governments, which used Congolese accomplices and a Belgian execution squad to carry out the deed. theguardian/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/jan/17/patrice-lumumba-50th-anniversary-assassination
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 17:54:57 +0000
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