Timeline of Bukavu

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

20th century

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 - Collège Notre Dame de la Victoire [fr] founded by Catholic Pères Blancs.
1942 - Catholic, Swahili-French language Hodi newspaper begins publication.^[3]
1951
- Catholic Our Lady of Peace Cathedral built.
- Bushi Football Club founded.^{[citation needed]}
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]}
- École de régence [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 - Radio Maendeleo [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 Serge Maheshe [fr] killed.^[9]
2008
- 3 February: 2008 Lake Kivu earthquake.^[10]
- 22 November: Mass graves found on land owned by Rally for Congolese Democracy party member.^[8]
- Zita Kavungirwa Kayange becomes mayor.^{[citation needed]}
- OC Bukavu Dawa wins Coupe du Congo football contest.
2010
- 17 October: Women demonstrate "to demand an end to a wave of mass rapes."^[8]
- Marcellin Cishambo [fr] becomes governor of South Kivu province.
2012 - 12 February: Airplane carrying politicians crashes in Bukavu; Augustin Katumba Mwanke [de] killed.^[11]
2014
- February: Political rally; crackdown.^[12]
- 5 June: Prison break occurs.^[13]
2015
- January: 2015 Congolese protests.
- August: 2015 South Kivu earthquake
- Population: 295,665 (estimate).^[8]
- Saveur du Kivu coffee event begins.^[14]
- Lusenda refugee camp begins operating in vicinity of Bukavu.
2017
- 28 July: Prison break occurs.^[15]
- August: Cholera outbreak.^[16]
2022
- 2022 Bukavu floods

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Chamaa 1981.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Democratic Republic of the Congo". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b Mukala Kadima Nzuji [in French] (1984). La littérature zaïroise de langue française: 1945-1965 (in French). Éditions Karthala. ISBN 978-2-86537-100-6.
^ "La "Presse africaine", une aventure très belge", Lalibre.be (in French), 30 June 2010
^ "Democratic Republic of the Congo". Political Chronology of Africa. Political Chronologies of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 0203409957.
^ 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.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2000. United Nations Statistics Division.
^ ^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.
^ "Democratic Republic of Congo Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
^ "Great Lakes hit by deadly quakes", BBC News, 3 February 2008
^ 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, vol. 9, Koninklijke Brill, pp. 241–254, ISBN 9789004256002, ISSN 1871-2525
^ "RDC: retour au calme à Bukavu", Rfi.fr (in French), 21 February 2014
^ "RDC: au moins 300 détenus s'évadent de la prison de Bukavu", Rfi.fr (in French), 6 June 2014
^ "Congo's Specialty Brews Look to Be the 'Future of Coffee'", New York Times, 23 August 2017
^ "RDC: des prisonniers s'échappent de la prison de Bukavu, à l'est du pays", Rfi.fr (in French), 29 July 2017
^ "Democratic Republic of Congo: South Kivu cholera outbreak threatens to spread out of control". Médecins Sans Frontières. 30 August 2017.

Bibliography

Samir Chamaa; Ahobangeze Ndagiriyehe (1981). "Evolution et structure de la population de Bukavu". Cahiers d'Outre-Mer (in French). 34 – via Persee.fr.
John Le Carré (20 September 2007), "Une réalité si stupéfiante...", Le Monde (in French), Paris
Léon de Saint Moulin [in Lingala] (2010). "Bukavu". Villes et organisation de l'espace en République Démocratique du Congo (in French). L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-296-25787-0.

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

[FOOTNOTEChamaa1981-1] Chamaa 1981.

[katolsk-2] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Democratic Republic of the Congo". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

[Kadima1984-3] Mukala Kadima Nzuji [in French] (1984). La littérature zaïroise de langue française: 1945-1965 (in French). Éditions Karthala. ISBN 978-2-86537-100-6.

[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.

[Kisangani2016-8] ^ ^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.

[bbc-timeline-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, vol. 9, Koninklijke Brill, pp. 241–254, ISBN 9789004256002, 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.

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