THE daughter of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba has written to the Belgian king demanding the return of her father’s relics, calling him “a hero without a grave.” It is believed that ...

Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese independence leader and the first democratically elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He was killed 53 years ago on January 17, ...

“Patrice Lumumba”, a shocking documentary film on the murder of first post-independence Congolese Prime Minister, Patrice Émery Lumumba, was screened at the Kacyiru based Ishyo Arts Centre theatre ...

He's inspired generations: Patrice Lumumba became prime minister when the Congo was still under Belgian colonial rule. But he was forced out of office shortly after the country's independence and ...