Masisi-Lubutu revolt

Part of Belgian Congo in World War II

Date

Spring 1944

Location

Kivu, Belgian Congo

Caused by

Belgian authority's taxation and communal labor policies

Parties

Congolese

Belgian colonizers

In 1944, 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 Black and three white people killed. The leader of the revolt was hanged.^[2]

References

^ Stearns, Jason (2012). "North Kivu: The background to conflict in north Kivu province in eastern Congo" (PDF). refworld.org. p. 14.
^ Williams, Susan (2016-08-09). "Chapter 12 - The Cutout". Spies in the Congo: America's Atomic Mission in World War II. PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1-61039-655-4.

Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pre-1960

Congo Crisis
(1960–1965)

1966–1995

First Congo War
(1996–1997)

Second Congo War
(1998–2003)

Post-2003 conflicts

Ituri conflict (Post-2003)	Operation Artemis Operation North Night Final Plaine Savo massacre

Kivu conflict
(2004–present)

AFD insurgency (Post-2007)	Beni massacre 2017 Semuliki attack Nationwide attacks 2020 2021–23

M23 conflict	M23 rebellion M23 offensive (2022–24)

Others	Dongo conflict 2011 coup attempt Batwa–Luba clashes 2013 Kinshasa attacks 2014 Mutarule attack Kamwina Nsapu rebellion 2018 Yumbi massacre Western DR Congo clashes

Perennial conflicts

Katanga insurgency (1963–present)
Lord's Resistance Army insurgency (1987–present)

Overview /
related topics

This Democratic Republic of the Congo-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page was last edited on 20 March 2024, at 13:35

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

See also

References