1944 in the Belgian Congo

← 1943 1942 1941 1944 in the Belgian Congo → 1945 1946 1947
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s

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

Incumbent

• Governor-General – Pierre Ryckmans

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 [ citation needed ]

See also

• Belgian Congo
• History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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.