Timeline of Bukavu

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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20th century[]

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Kingdom of Yeke 1856–1891
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International African Association 1876–1879
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Transitional Government 2003–2006
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  • 1924 - Bukavu becomes part of the newly formed administrative Province Orientale in colonial Belgian Congo.(fr)
  • 1925 - Seat of Kivu District relocated to Bukavu from Rutshuru.[1]
  • 1927 - Bukavu renamed "Costermansville" after Belgian colonial official Paul Costermans.[1]
  • 1929 - Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu established.[2]
  • 1927 - Zoological and Forest Reserve of Mount Kahuzi established near Costermansville.
  • 1938 -  [fr] founded by Catholic Pères Blancs.
  • 1942 - Catholic, Swahili-French language Hodi newspaper begins publication.[3]
  • 1951
  • 1953
    • Costermansville renamed "Bukavu."[1]
    • La Presse Africaine newspaper begins publication.[4][3]
  • 1958 - Bukavu attains city status.[citation needed]
  • 1961
    • Denis Maganga Igomokelo becomes mayor.[citation needed]
    •  [fr] (school) established.
  • 1967 - 9 August: City taken by rebel Katangan forces.[5]
  • 1970 - Kahuzi-Biéga National Park established near city.
  • 1975 - Population: 146,504 (estimate).[6]
  • 1984 - Population: 167,950 (estimate).[7]
  • 1989 - City becomes part of the newly formed South Kivu province.[8]
  • 1993 -  [fr] begins broadcasting.[citation needed]
  • 1994
    • Rwandan war refugees flee to Bukavu.[8]
    • Population: 201,569 (estimate).[8]
  • 1996 - October: City taken by Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo.[8]
  • 1999 - Panzi Hospital established.
  • 2000 - Congolese war refugees arrive in Bagira.

21st century[]

  • 2004 - May-June: Violent conflict between rebel and national forces.[8]
  • 2007 - 13 June: Journalist  [fr] killed.[9]
  • 2008
  • 2010
    • 17 October: Women demonstrate "to demand an end to a wave of mass rapes."[8]
    •  [fr] becomes governor of South Kivu province.
  • 2012 - 12 February: Airplane carrying politicians crashes in Bukavu;  [de] killed.[11]
  • 2014
    • February: Political rally; crackdown.[12]
    • 5 June: Prison break occurs.[13]
  • 2015
    • January: 2015 Congolese protests.
    • Population: 295,665 (estimate).[8]
    • Saveur du Kivu coffee event begins.[14]
    •  [fr] begins operating in vicinity of Bukavu.
  • 2017
    • 28 July: Prison break occurs.[15]
    • August: Cholera outbreak.[16]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Chamaa 1981.
  2. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Democratic Republic of the Congo". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b  [fr] (1984). La littérature zaïroise de langue française: 1945-1965 (in French). Éditions Karthala. ISBN 978-2-86537-100-6.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "La "Presse africaine", une aventure très belge", Lalibre.be (in French), 30 June 2010
  5. ^ "Democratic Republic of the Congo". Political Chronology of Africa. Political Chronologies of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 0203409957.
  6. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1980. New York. pp. 225–252.
  7. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2000. United Nations Statistics Division.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Emizet Francois Kisangani (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (4th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield . ISBN 9781442273160.
  9. ^ "Democratic Republic of Congo Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Great Lakes hit by deadly quakes", BBC News, 3 February 2008
  11. ^ Claude Simons (2013), "Democratic Republic of the Congo", in Andreas Mehler; et al. (eds.), Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2012, 9, Koninklijke Brill, pp. 241–254, ISSN 1871-2525
  12. ^ "RDC: retour au calme à Bukavu", Rfi.fr (in French), 21 February 2014
  13. ^ "RDC: au moins 300 détenus s'évadent de la prison de Bukavu", Rfi.fr (in French), 6 June 2014
  14. ^ "Congo's Specialty Brews Look to Be the 'Future of Coffee'", New York Times, 23 August 2017
  15. ^ "RDC: des prisonniers s'échappent de la prison de Bukavu, à l'est du pays", Rfi.fr (in French), 29 July 2017
  16. ^ "Democratic Republic of Congo: South Kivu cholera outbreak threatens to spread out of control". Médecins Sans Frontières. 30 August 2017.
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

External links[]

  • "(Bukavu)". Contemporary History Library Catalogue. Belgium: Royal Museum for Central Africa. (Bibliography)
  • "(Bukavu)". Mukanda: ressources documentaires sur l'Afrique centrale (in French). France: University of Lorraine. (Bibliography)
  • "(Bukavu)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. (Bibliography)
  • "(Bukavu)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
  • "(Bukavu)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
  • Items related to Bukavu, various dates (via Europeana)
  • Items related to Bukavu, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

Images[]

  • Map of Bukavu area, 1981

  • Aerial view of Bukavu, 2015

  • Aerial view of Bukavu and Lake Kivu, 2015

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