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Dag Hammarskjöld

March 2024

  • Dag Hammarskjöld sitting at a desk with a plaque in front of him reading 'secretary general'.

    UK and US accused of obstructing inquiry into 1961 death of UN chief

    Governments said to be ‘dragging their feet’ in handing over evidence relating to death of Dag Hammarskjöld

June 2020

  • Olof Palme in 1986. He was gunned down in a Stockholm street later that year.

    South Africa may hold the answer to who murdered Olof Palme

    The trail for the killer of the Swedish prime minister had gone cold until a diplomat and investigator picked up the 1986 case as a hobby

October 2019

  • The wreckage of the DC6 aircraft in which the UN chief died in 1961

    MI6 accused of thwarting effort to solve 1961 death of UN chief

    Files on Dag Hammarskjöld plane crash are being withheld, says inquiry

January 2019

  • South African Military Army withdrawal from Angola - 1988<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sipa/REX/Shutterstock (149616b) South African Military Army withdrawal from Angola South African Military Army withdrawal from Angola - 1988

    Coups and murder: the sinister world of apartheid’s secret mercenaries

    A South African militia that claimed to be behind the murder of a UN chief was involved in deadly work across the continent, its members say
  • Jan van Risseghem at the controls of an Avikat Fouga jet.

    Man accused of shooting down UN chief: ‘Sometimes you have to do things you don’t want to …’

    Exclusive research reveals that a British-trained Belgian mercenary admitted the killing of Dag Hammarskjöld in 1961
  • Dag Hammarskjöld plane crash site

    RAF veteran ‘admitted 1961 killing of UN secretary general’

    Cold case documentary casts new light on mystery of Dag Hammarskjöld’s plane crash in Zambia

December 2018

  • Wreckage of the DC-6 plane after it crashed in a forest near Ndola, killing Dag Hammarskjöld.

    Dag Hammarskjöld crash inquiry: UK and South Africa criticised for not cooperating

    UN investigator says six states approached complied, but UK and South Africa unhelpful

November 2017

  • The scattered wreckage of the DC6B plane carrying Dag Hammarskjold in woods near Ndola, in what is now Zambia.

    Britain and US urged to release papers on Dag Hammarskjöld’s death

    Trustees of commission into the downing of UN secretary-general’s plane in 1961 say details of the crash must be in the archives

September 2017

  • The scattered wreckage of the Douglas ​​DC-6 carrying Dag Hammarskjöld in a forest near Ndola, Zambia.

    Plane crash that killed UN boss 'may have been caused by aircraft attack'

    Exclusive: US and UK intercepts could hold answer to 1961 accident in Africa that killed Dag Hammarskjöld and 15 others

December 2016

  • Dag Hammarskjöld

    UN to pursue further inquiry into death of Dag Hammarskjöld

    General Assembly to pass resolution recognising need to investigate death of former general secretary who died in 1961 plane crash

September 2016

  • The wreckage of the plane after the crash in which Dag Hammarskjöld died near Ndola, Zambia, in 1961

    Hammarskjöld case is not yet closed

    Letters: It is highly likely that some member states of the UN, especially but not only the US, hold records or transcripts of cockpit transmissions in the minutes before the plane came down

August 2016

  • Dag Hammarskjöld

    Dag Hammarskjöld crash was pilot error

    Letters: Unless further inquiries initiated by the present UN secretary general produce new and conclusive evidence to the contrary, I shall continue to believe that the tragic crash was due to pilot error
  • Wreckage of the DC6B plane, which was carrying UN secretary general Dag Hammarskjöld, in a forest near Ndola, Zambia, in September 1961

    UK’s lack of transparency over plane crash that killed Dag Hammarskjöld

    Letters: We should ask if the UK Freedom of Information Act is fit for purpose, given that its numerous exemptions can encourage public authorities to reject requests for information
  • Dag Hammarskjöld

    Dag Hammarskjöld: Ban Ki-moon seeks to appoint investigator for fatal crash

    The UN secretary-general said ‘this may be our last chance to find the truth’ behind 1961 death of his predecessor as UK insists it has no further information

September 2015

  • UN@70

    A world of problems: the United Nations at 70
    70 years and half a trillion dollars later: what has the UN achieved?

    The United Nations has saved millions of lives and boosted health and education across the world. But it is bloated, undemocratic – and very expensive.

July 2015

  • Dag Hammarskjöld

    UN says evidence justifies further inquiry into 1961 Hammarskjöld crash

    US and UK refuse to release classified documents about 1961 death of UN secretary general aboard aircraft in what is now Zambia

December 2014

  • Dag Hammarskjöld

    UN poised to open fresh inquiry into 1961 Dag Hammarskjöld crash

  • un chief death crash

    Spy messages could finally solve mystery of UN chief’s death crash

April 2014

  • Dag Hammarskjöld

    Dag Hammarskjöld's plane may have been shot down, ambassador warned

    Newly declassified 1961 cable called for grounding of Belgian mercenary hours after UN secretary general crashed in Africa

September 2013

  • Dag Hammarskjold

    Judges call for reopening of inquiry into 1961 death of UN chief

    Commission appeals to US to declassify NSA radio intercepts of warplanes in area where Dag Hammarskjöld's plane crashed
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