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DRC buries murdered independence hero Lumumba’s remains
2 years, 5 months ago

DRC buries murdered independence hero Lumumba’s remains

Al Jazeera  

The funeral was held on the 62nd anniversary of the central African country’s independence. The family of Democratic Republic of Congo’s murdered independence hero Patrice Lumumba has buried his only known remains, a tooth, in the capital Kinshasa, 61 years after his death at the hands of Belgian-backed secessionist rebels. Lumumba was killed by a firing squad on January 16, …

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Belgium hands over DR Congo independence hero’s tooth to family
2 years, 6 months ago

Belgium hands over DR Congo independence hero’s tooth to family

Al Jazeera  

Patrice Lumumba was the first democratically elected prime minister of the DRC after independence from Belgium in 1960. Belgian authorities have handed over a tooth, the only known remains of the murdered Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba, to his family during a ceremony in Brussels. Lumumba became the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister after independence …

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Belgium's Africa Museum begins long road to return looted artworks to Congo
3 years, 5 months ago

Belgium's Africa Museum begins long road to return looted artworks to Congo

Hindustan Times  

Belgium's Africa Museum, once a celebration of the country's colonial rule, will begin a multi-year process of returning stolen art to Democratic Republic of Congo, the Belgian government said on Tuesday. An ancestral statue known as Lusinga, dated to the 19th century, is pictured at the Royal Museum for Central Africa as the Belgian government has announced plans to return …

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Behind Congo’s misery
4 years, 2 months ago

Behind Congo’s misery

The Hindu  

Theories of development up to the middle of the 20th century glorified the European model of development, suppressing critical and alternative perspectives, with the intention of pushing it as a trustworthy model for decolonised countries to follow and get integrated with the international political economy. At the Berlin Conference in 1885, the European colonial powers gave King Leopold II the …

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Belgium’s King Philippe sends ‘regrets’ to Congo for Leopold II atrocities
4 years, 5 months ago

Belgium’s King Philippe sends ‘regrets’ to Congo for Leopold II atrocities

CNN  

CNN — The King of Belgium has sent his “deepest regrets” to the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo for the “suffering and humiliation” his nation inflicted while it colonized the region – but stopped short of apologizing for his ancestor Leopold II’s atrocities. On the 60th anniversary of the DRC’s independence, King Philippe of Belgium wrote a letter …

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Belgium’s Congolese mark 60 years since DRC’s independence
4 years, 5 months ago

Belgium’s Congolese mark 60 years since DRC’s independence

Al Jazeera  

The Belgo-Congolese are still marked by their past with Belgium as well as the present’s systematic discrimination. “We need to finally learn to coexist, in the neighbourhood and in the city,” she said, referring to the Matonge neighbourhood where the bookshop is located and which has a large Congolese population. From Matonge to Matonge Over the past 60 years, more …

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