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The chilling details of Patrice Lumumba’s assassination and how he was dissolved in acid | Face2Face Africa

January 19, 2020January 19, 2020African American Athletes, African History

Since January 17, 1961, no one has been held accountable for the brutal murder of Congo’s independence leader and first prime minister Patrice Lumumba who was shot dead with two of his ministers, Joseph Okito and Maurice Mpolo. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] However, all fingers point to multinational perpetrators who sanctioned the elimination of one of Africa’s […]

READ: The revealing last letter written by Patrice Lumumba to the UN before his assassination | Face2Face Africa

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019African History, Congo

Born on July 2, 1925, Patrice Emery Lumumba was only 36 when he was brutally assassinated on January 17, 1961. After being executed by firing squad, his body was exhumed and dissolved in acid. He was the first legally elected prime minister of the Republic of Congo after he helped the country gain its independence […]

Patrice Lumumba: the most important assassination of the 20th century | The Guardian (2011)

December 12, 2017January 15, 2020Africa, African History ...

The US-sponsored plot to kill Patrice Lumumba, the hero of Congolese independence, took place 50 years ago today.