KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government says the mausoleum of assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba in the capital, Kinshasa, has been vandalized. It's not immediately clear wheth ...

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It was the culmination of a political earthquake as leaders from Ghana's founder, Kwame Nkrumah, to Congo's first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, became global icons of postcolonial freedom.

Congo’s government says the mausoleum of assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba in the capital, Kinshasa, has been vandalized. It's not immediately clear whether Lumumba’s remains ...