In theory, both Patrice Lumumba and his ambitions were safely mewed up in Colonel Joseph Mobutu’s army camp. In fact, Lumumba was doing just about as well inside as out. For one thing, he had talked ...

As in a bad dream, everything seemed to be moving at half speed. But slowly, the Congo’s balance was tipping toward the forces that bore the label of reckless Patrice Lumumba, though he was still in ...

Police yesterday broke up a demonstration by some 300 Communists who were marching towards the Belgian Embassy to protest the killing last week of deposed Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba. The ...

In The Lumumba Plot (Knopf, Oct.) journalist Reid explores the life of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the CIA’s complicity in his 1961 murder. What ...