Patrice Lumumba: the most important assassination of the 20th century | Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja | Global development | The Guardian
Patrice Lumumba: the most important assassination of the 20th century
The US-sponsored plot to kill Patrice Lumumba, the hero of Congolese independence, took place 50 years ago today
Patrice Lumumba became the first prime minister of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo in 1960, and was killed in 1961. Photograph:
