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Remains of Congo’s independence hero interred amid honors

Portrait of independence leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Lumumba during a press conference in Leopoldville (today Kinshasa), Congo, on June 16, 1960. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba will be handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo, File) A military vehicle carries a gold-capped tooth belonging to Democratic Republic of the Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba to a memorial built in his honour, in Kinshasa Thursday June 30, 2022. The remains of Lumumba will be laid to rest in a specially-built mausoleum on Thursday. The ceremony is being held on Congo’s independence day, a holiday to mark the day in 1960 when the country became independent from Belgium. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi) People, some dressed as Democratic Republic of the Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba, gather along the road as a military vehicle carries a gold-capped tooth belonging to Lumumba to a memorial built in his honour, in Kinshasa Thursday June 30, 2022. The remains of Lumumba will be laid to rest in a specially-built mausoleum on Thursday. The ceremony is being held on Congo’s independence day, a holiday to mark the day in 1960 when the country became independent from Belgium. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi) People gather along the road as a military vehicle carries a gold-capped tooth belonging to Democratic Republic of the Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba to a memorial built in his honour, in Kinshasa Thursday June 30, 2022. The remains of Lumumba will be laid to rest in a specially-built mausoleum on Thursday. The ceremony is being held on Congo’s independence day, a holiday to mark the day in 1960 when the country became independent from Belgium. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi) A military vehicle carries a gold-capped tooth belonging to Democratic Republic of the Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba to a memorial built in his honour, in Kinshasa, Thursday June 30, 2022. The remains of Lumumba will be laid to rest in a specially-built mausoleum on Thursday. The ceremony is being held on Congo’s independence day, a holiday to mark the day in 1960 when the country became independent from Belgium. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi) Portrait of independence leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Lumumba during a press conference in Leopoldville (today Kinshasa), Congo, on June 16, 1960. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba will be handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo, File) A military vehicle carries a gold-capped tooth belonging to Democratic Republic of the Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba to a memorial built in his honour, in Kinshasa Thursday June 30, 2022. The remains of Lumumba will be laid to rest in a specially-built mausoleum on Thursday. The ceremony is being held on Congo’s independence day, a holiday to mark the day in 1960 when the country became independent from Belgium. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi) A military vehicle carries a gold-capped tooth belonging to Democratic Republic of the Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba to a memorial built in his honour, in Kinshasa Thursday June 30, 2022. The remains of Lumumba will be laid to rest in a specially-built mausoleum on Thursday. The ceremony is being held on Congo’s independence day, a holiday to mark the day in 1960 when the country became independent from Belgium. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi) People, some dressed as Democratic Republic of the Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba, gather along the road as a military vehicle carries a gold-capped tooth belonging to Lumumba to a memorial built in his honour, in Kinshasa Thursday June 30, 2022. The remains of Lumumba will be laid to rest in a specially-built mausoleum on Thursday. The ceremony is being held on Congo’s independence day, a holiday to mark the day in 1960 when the country became independent from Belgium. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi) People gather along the road as a military vehicle carries a gold-capped tooth belonging to Democratic Republic of the Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba to a memorial built in his honour, in Kinshasa Thursday June 30, 2022. The remains of Lumumba will be laid to rest in a specially-built mausoleum on Thursday. The ceremony is being held on Congo’s independence day, a holiday to mark the day in 1960 when the country became independent from Belgium. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi) A military vehicle carries a gold-capped tooth belonging to Democratic Republic of the Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba to a memorial built in his honour, in Kinshasa, Thursday June 30, 2022. The remains of Lumumba will be laid to rest in a specially-built mausoleum on Thursday. The ceremony is being held on Congo’s independence day, a holiday to mark the day in 1960 when the country became independent from Belgium. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi) Portrait of independence leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Lumumba during a press conference in Leopoldville (today Kinshasa), Congo, on June 16, 1960. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba will be handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo, File) Workers stand by a memorial built to the memory of Democratic Republic of the Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba, in Kinshasa, Monday, June 20, 2022. Belgian authorities returned a gold-capped tooth belonging to Lumumba, as the former colonial power continues to confront its bloody past and look toward reconciliation. The restitution of the relic took place after Belgium's King Philippe earlier this month expressed his "deepest regrets" for his nation's abuses in its African former colony, Congo, which is 75 times the size of Belgium.. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi)
Remains of Congo’s independence hero interred amid honors