1944 in the Belgian Congo

1944
in
the Belgian Congo

Decades:
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s

The following lists events that happened during 1944 in the Belgian Congo.

Incumbent

Events

Date Event
Spring Masisi-Lubutu revolt: an uprising took place in Kivu in the eastern Belgian Congo. The cause of the revolt lay in Belgian authority's taxation and communal labor policies, which the Watchtower Movement denounced as ungodly.[1] The revolt, which took place in spring, was a "bitter showdown" and resulted in hundreds of Congolese people and three white people being killed. Two rebels, including revolt leader Ngoie Mukalabushi, were hanged.[2]
July Albert de Beauffort becomes governor of Lusambo Province

See also

References

  1. ^ Stearns, Jason (2012). "North Kivu: The background to conflict in north Kivu province in eastern Congo" (PDF). refworld.org. p. 14.
  2. ^ Williams, Susan (9 August 2016). "Chapter 12 - The Cutout". Spies in the Congo: America's Atomic Mission in World War II. PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1-61039-655-4.

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