1941 ⟶ Miners Fired on in Belgian Congo
Striking miners of the Union Minière at Elizabethville in th...
Year
1941
1944
⛏️ Miners Fired on in Belgian Congo
Striking miners of the Union Minière at Elizabethville in the Belgian Congo are fired on by Belgian colonial forces during negotiations, killing an estimated 70 people.⟶
BelgiumCongoLaborColonialismMiningAfricaProtestViolenceElizabethville
⛏️ Belgian Congo Mine Workers Strike
General strike begins among native mine-workers in the Belgian Congo.⟶
Belgian CongoStrikeLaborAfricaColonialismEconomicWar Effort
⚔️ Mutiny in Luluabourg, Belgian Congo
A colonial military garrison in Luluabourg in the Belgian Congo mutinies, killing three.⟶
colonialismmutinyBelgian CongomilitaryAfricaresistance