Former Belgian Diplomat to Face Trial in Murder Case of Congolese Leader Lumumba
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A former Belgian diplomat will stand trial in connection with the murder of Congolese politician Patrice Lumumba. The defendant, identified as Davignon, served as a diplomatic intern at the Belgian embassy in what is now Kinshasa at the time of Lumumba's death. Lumumba was the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo following its independence from Belgium in 1960, and was assassinated in 1961 amid the country's political turmoil and continuing Belgian influence in the region.