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1941
December
09
The miners’ strike in the Belgian Congo
On 9 December 1941 Force Publique soldiers opened fire on striking Union Minière miners at the football stadium in Élisabethville. Dozens were killed.
1943
October
01
The Ruzagayura famine
In autumn 1943 the Ruzagayura famine broke out in Belgian Ruanda-Urundi. Drought, crop disease and wartime requisitions cost tens of thousands of lives.
1944
February
20
The Luluabourg mutiny
On 20 February 1944 the Force Publique garrison at Luluabourg in the Belgian Congo mutinied. Unrest spread to Kamina and Jadotville and was met with repression.