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Patrice Lumumba: the most important assassination of the 20th century | Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja
Patrice Lumumba, the first legally elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was assassinated 50 years ago today, on 17 January, 1961. This heinous crime was a culmination of two inter-related assassination plots by American and Belgian governments, which used Congolese accomplices and a Belgian execution squad to carry out the deed.
This guy was killed because the US didnt want Congo selling nuclear minerals to the Russians. And we wonder why African democracy is built on shaky foundations
Patrice Lumumba, the first legally elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was assassinated 50 years ago today, on 17 January, 1961. This heinous crime was a culmination of two inter-related assassination plots by American and Belgian governments, which used Congolese accomplices and a Belgian execution squad to carry out the deed.
This guy was killed because the US didnt want Congo selling nuclear minerals to the Russians. And we wonder why African democracy is built on shaky foundations