A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat, Etienne Davignon, has appealed a court decision ordering him to stand trial over the 1961 killing of Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba, his lawyer confirmed on Friday. Davignon, who was a junior diplomat at the time of the events, is the only surviving individual among…
The family of Patrice Lumumba, the Congolese independence leader assassinated in 1961, has expressed hope for justice as a Belgian court evaluates whether to prosecute the sole surviving suspect in the decades-old case. Speaking outside a Brussels court on Tuesday ahead of a closed-door hearing, Yema Lumumba, 33, granddaughter of…