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Article: Belgium sweats over Lumumba murder.
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- African Business
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- March 1, 2000
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A explosive new book on the murder of the Congo's first Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba has left the Belgian government squirming with embarrassment. A commission of inquiry has now been set up to investigate the state's role in the brutal killing.
It was an unusual move even for millennium Christmas. The Belgian Chamber of Representatives set up a commission of inquiry to investigate Belgium's responsibility in the assassination of Congo's first Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba in the 1960s. If the commission finds that Belgium has a case to answer, it will really set the cat among the pigeons. Not only will there be claims for hefty compensation but the issue of ...