medication for the injured and he called on independent states to help end the genocidal war uh and also to break the partite siege and uh towards the end there he talked about how the israely army has reached a dead end and he also blasted germany whom he has uh now called a partner in this genocidal war that's being executed on the people of the gaza strip since germany has decided to help israel the israel regime uh with military equipment of one kind or another i believe they uh food tanks, that was the end of the press conference there by hosama ham, we will bring you more in our international news, uh, do stay with us, it's goodbye for now, crisis, devastating wars, terrorism, the israeli lobby, crackdown, diplomacy, no compromise, national security

on the 17th. of january 1961, patrice lumumba, the great fighter for congo's independence was tortured and then executed. western intelligence agencies, particularly america's cia and britain's mi6 conspired with belgium, the former colonizer of the country and local traits to overthrow and assassinate lumumba. now these anti-colonial hero was only 35 years old and could have continued to play a very important role in the post independence progress of his country and africa. as the leader of "congolese

national movement, lumumba was chosen by the people to lead an independent congo emerging from brutal colonial rule under belgium. unestimated 10 million people were killed during the barbaric colonial rule by these european power over congo. lumumba was determined to use the country's natural resources which had been subject to decades of colonial and imperialist exploitation for the benefit of the congolese people. this is what angered western powers and..." they decided to eliminate him. the people of the democratic republic of congo still anguish in poverty despite the country's enormous natural resources. now, 63 years after the assassination of lumumba, can this country rise, unfulfill his dreams of prosperity for the nation and africa as a whole. hello, i'm mubarak kenya and this is africa today. this week we are focusing on the legacy of patrice lumumba, the congoese independence hero was assassinated 63 years ago in.