(From left) Family members of murdered Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba Yema Lumumba and Mehdi Lumumba, with their Belgian and German lawyers, hold a press conference in Brussels, on January 19, 2026 after a Belgian court hearing on a potential prosecution for the 1961 killing.

(From left) Family members of murdered Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba Yema Lumumba and Mehdi Lumumba, with their Belgian and German lawyers, hold a press conference in Brussels, on January 19, 2026 after a Belgian court hearing on a potential prosecution for the 1961 killing.

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