The Belgian diplomat, Patrice Lumumba, and Africa’s sliding doors moment
The killing of Patrice Lumumba, DR Congo's first democratically-elected prime minister, shaped decades of crisis, failed governments and tension in the Great Lakes region. And the death of the Belgian diplomat who had been due to stand trial in relation to his execution closes a chapter on Belgium's dark colonial past.
18 May 18:00 · EUobserver