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Patrice Lumumba is transported in a Congolese army truck through Léopoldville, now known as Kinshasa, after his arrest. An officer holds the rope that ties his wrists. (Bettmann Archive)
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A modicum of release: Lumumba’s remains return home at last

Sixty years after the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the DRC’s first prime minister, his remains will be returned from Belgium

  • Percy Zvomuya
8 min read