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Catholic church disputes electoral commission’s figures that handed victory to Felix Tshisekedi
Belgium opens up to horrors of its colonial past
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Brussels sets straight historical wrong over Patrice Lumumba killing
Europe Letter: Square named after radical PM of independent Congo who was executed
How an Irishman’s love of espionage led him to write British spy’s biography
Paddy Hayes on Daphne Park, Queen of Spies, best known for her role in Patrice Lumumba’s overthrow, and his new insight into the killing of nine Irish UN soldiers
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