Timeline of Bukavu explained

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.
• 1927 - Bukavu renamed "Costermansville" after Belgian colonial official Paul Costermans.
• 1929 - Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu established.^[1]
• 1927 - Zoological and Forest Reserve of Mount Kahuzi established near Costermansville.
• 1938 - founded by Catholic Pères Blancs.
• 1942 - Catholic, Swahili-French language Hodi newspaper begins publication.^[2]
• 1951
  • Catholic Our Lady of Peace Cathedral built.
  • Bushi Football Club founded.
• 1953
  • Costermansville renamed "Bukavu."
  • La Presse Africaine newspaper begins publication.
• 1958 - Bukavu attains city status.
• 1961
  • Denis Maganga Igomokelo becomes mayor.
  • (school) established.
• 1967 - 9 August: City taken by rebel Katangan forces.^[3]
• 1970 - Kahuzi-Biéga National Park established near city.
• 1975 - Population: 146,504 (estimate).^[4]
• 1984 - Population: 167,950 (estimate).^[5]
• 1989 - City becomes part of the newly formed South Kivu province.^[6]
• 1993 - begins broadcasting.
• 1994
  • Rwandan war refugees flee to Bukavu.
  • Population: 201,569 (estimate).
• 1996 - October: City taken by Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo.
• 1999 - Panzi Hospital established.
• 2000 - Congolese war refugees arrive in Bagira.

21st century

• 2004 - May–June: Violent conflict between rebel and national forces.
• 2007 - 13 June: Journalist killed.^[7]
• 2008
  • 3 February: 2008 Lake Kivu earthquake.
  • 22 November: Mass graves found on land owned by Rally for Congolese Democracy party member.
  • Zita Kavungirwa Kayange becomes mayor.
  • OC Bukavu Dawa wins Coupe du Congo football contest.
• 2010
  • 17 October: Women demonstrate "to demand an end to a wave of mass rapes."
  • becomes governor of South Kivu province.
• 2012 - 12 February: Airplane carrying politicians crashes in Bukavu; killed.
• 2014
  • February: Political rally; crackdown.
  • 5 June: Prison break occurs.
• 2015
  • January: 2015 Congolese protests.
  • August: 2015 South Kivu earthquake
  • Population: 295,665 (estimate).
  • Saveur du Kivu coffee event begins.
  • Lusenda refugee camp begins operating in vicinity of Bukavu.
• 2017
  • 28 July: Prison break occurs.
  • August: Cholera outbreak.^[8]
• 2022
  • 2022 Bukavu floods

See also

• Bukavu history
• List of mayors of Bukavu
• Timelines of other cities in DR Congo: Goma, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Lubumbashi

Bibliography

• Samir Chamaa . Ahobangeze Ndagiriyehe . Evolution et structure de la population de Bukavu . . 34 . fr . . 1981. .
  • Book: Léon de Saint Moulin .

    ln:Léon de Saint Moulin

    . Villes et organisation de l'espace en République Démocratique du Congo. . 978-2-296-25787-0 . fr . 2010. Bukavu.

External links

• Web site: (Bukavu) . Contemporary History Library Catalogue . . Belgium . (Bibliography)
• Web site: (Bukavu) . Mukanda: ressources documentaires sur l'Afrique centrale . . France . fr . (Bibliography)
• Web site: (Bukavu) . . . Germany . (Bibliography)
• Web site: (Bukavu) . Connecting-Africa . . Leiden, Netherlands . (Bibliography)
• Web site: (Bukavu) . . (Bibliography)
• Items related to Bukavu, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Bukavu, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Democratic Republic of the Congo . . Norway . 19 October 2017 .
2. Book: Mukala Kadima Nzuji .

   fr:Mukala Kadima Nzuji

   . La littérature zaïroise de langue française: 1945-1965 . . 978-2-86537-100-6 . fr . 1984 .
3. Book: . Political Chronology of Africa . Political Chronologies of the World . 0203409957 . 2001 . Democratic Republic of the Congo .
4. Book: Demographic Yearbook 1980 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 225–252 .
5. Web site: Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2000 . .
6. Book: Emizet Francois Kisangani . Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . 4th . 2016 . . 9781442273160 .
7. Web site: Democratic Republic of Congo Profile: Timeline . BBC News . 16 October 2017 .
8. Web site: Democratic Republic of Congo: South Kivu cholera outbreak threatens to spread out of control . 30 August 2017 . .