Patrice Lumumba's case took center stage at an April 15 event in Geneva on colonial impunity and justice for African ...

(indieWIRE/ 07.03.01) — Patrice Lumumba was the first (and only) freely elected prime minister of the African nation of Congo. A handsome, charismatic leader, Lumumba’s rise to power was a triumph ...

Patrice Lumumba, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s first prime minister, was widely beloved in his nation for his advocacy of African liberation. After his brutal assassination following a coup led ...

Belgian authorities on Monday returned a gold-capped tooth belonging to the slain Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba, as the former colonial power continues to confront its bloody past and ...

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 ...

No one apart from the Congolese people has ever paid a price for the CIA-backed assassination of Patrice Lumumba. By Stuart A. Reid Remembering the African leader after a Brussels court this week ...

A viral AFCON moment featuring a DRC Congo Patrice Lumumba look-alike, has captivated the tournament and brought back memories of Congo's first revolutionary prime minister During the ongoing Africa ...

The anti-colonial politician served as Prime Minister of the newly independent Congo for two months in 1960 before he was ousted in a coup, later captured, tortured, executed by firing squad and had ...