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Who Killed Lumumba?

In December 1999, Flemish author Ludo de Witte published evidence of Belgian government complicity in the murder of Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba 40 years ago. Tonight David Ackerman examines if, at the height of the Cold War, Brussels, London and Washington colluded to eliminate the charismatic African leader feared for his close relations with the Soviets.

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