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How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence
In 1960, Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly ... and sent to him for execution. But he would allow me another forty-eight hours. [Antoine] Gizenga was arrested and placed in an ...
POV Magazine14d
Oscar Predictions: Who Will – and Should – Win the Oscars’ Documentary Races
Oscar predictions and picks in the races for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short: is it No Other Land or Porcelain War?
Euronews6d
First firing squad execution in 15 years to be carried out in US
The convicted murderer Brad Sigmon's execution will happen at 6 pm local time on Friday evening (12 pm CET), unless either the governor of South Carolina or the Supreme Court decides to give him a ...
The Hill6d
Supreme Court won’t halt firing squad execution of South Carolina inmate
The Supreme Court denied a death row inmate’s last-ditch effort to avoid execution Friday night, clearing the way for the first execution by firing squad in the United States in 15 years.
CBS News6d
South Carolina man Brad Sigmon executed by firing squad, first such execution in 15 years
A South Carolina man was executed by firing squad Friday — the first execution of its kind in the U.S. since 2010 and just the fourth firing squad execution since the death penalty resumed in ...
CBS News29d
Execution date set for Arizona inmate who says his death sentence is "long overdue"
Arizona has scheduled an execution date for a condemned inmate whose death sentence the state originally planned to carry out in early 2023. This would mark Arizona's first execution since then ...
The New York Times5d
The Crack of Rifles, Then Silence: What a Firing Squad Execution Was Like
One of the three media witnesses to the execution of Brad Sigmon in South Carolina on Friday describes what he saw. By Jeffrey Collins Jeffrey Collins, a reporter for The Associated Press ...
The Irish Times29d
Belgium still coming to terms with colonial past
Both Belgium and the US conspired to remove the African state’s first democratically elected prime minister, Patrice Lumumba. The motivation was to protect western mining interests and the ...
The Clarion-Ledger6d
Lumumba, Owens, Banks are headed to trial for alleged role in bribery scandal. See when
Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, and Jackson City Councilman Aaron Banks will face trial on July 13, 2026, for their alleged roles in a ...
USA Today6d
Firing squad executes Brad Keith Sigmon in South Carolina in 'bloody spectacle'
A firing squad in South Carolina executed Brad Keith Sigmon on Friday for the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, marking the first firing squad execution in the state in modern history ...
CNN6d
South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad for first time in US since 2010
A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad – the first such execution in the United States since 2010, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. The execution ...