Tooth of assassinated Congolese independence leader returned

Today, Belgian authorities returned the tooth of assassinated Congolese colonial independence leader Patrice Lumumba to his country. The World’s host Carol Hills interviews Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, Democratic Republic of Congo’s representative to the UN, about the repatriation of Lumumba’s only known remains.

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