93-year-old for trial over Lumumba assassination
BRUSSELS — A Belgian court has ruled that 93-year-old Etienne Davignon can stand trial over his alleged role in the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, in a case that has long symbolised colonial-era injustice. The court found there was sufficient basis to proceed with charges linking Davignon to events surrounding Lumumba’s arrest, transfer and alleged…