Ruanda-Urundi (French pronunciation: [ʁwɑ̃da uʁundi]), later Rwanda-Burundi, was a geopolitical entity, once part of German East Africa, that was occupied...
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The Ruanda-Urundi franc was a currency issued for the Belgian mandate territory of Ruanda-Urundi in 1960–62 which continued to circulate within its successor...
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Ruanda-Urundi. The Germans established the office of Resident of Urundi in 1906. They moved the seat of the residency to Gitega in 1912. After Urundi fell...
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Belgian colonial empire (section Ruanda-Urundi)
principally the Belgian Congo (modern DR Congo) from 1908 to 1960, Ruanda-Urundi (modern Rwanda and Burundi) from 1922 to 1962, and Lado Enclave (modern...
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the modern-day countries of Rwanda and Burundi were governed as Ruanda-Urundi. As the colonial power, Rwanda's relationship with Belgium has been significant...
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Ruanda-Urundi (present day Rwanda and Burundi) and, from 1952, the currency was issued jointly in the names of the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi. After...
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family of Burundian Mwami (king) Mwambutsa IV in Belgian-administered Ruanda-Urundi in 1932, Rwagasore was educated in Burundian Catholic schools before attending...
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Ngoni Kingdom (section Urundi and Uhha)
The Ngoni, still unsatisfied with their conquests, launched attacks on Urundi and Uhha, but faced formidable foes in the Wahha and other intra-lake region...
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Official University of the Congo and Ruanda-Urundi (French: Université officielle du Congo et du Ruanda-Urundi) by the University of Liège and opened in...
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Alfred Marzorati (category Colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi)
appointed royal commissioner in charge of the Belgian mandate of Ruanda-Urundi in 1919, and strongly supported the 1926 administrative union between these...
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rule both Rwanda and Burundi as a League of Nations mandate called Ruanda-Urundi and started a period of more direct colonial rule. The Belgians simplified...
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century, it possessed several colonies, notably the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi, which gained independence between 1960 and 1962. The second half of the...
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BEYOND COLONIAL CONTROL? ECONOMIC FORCES AND SHIFTING MIGRATION FROM RUANDA-URUNDI TO BUGANDA, 1920–60". Journal of African History. 60 (3): 379–406. doi:10...
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it was united with the Kingdom of Rwanda, becoming the colony of Ruanda-Urundi - first colonised by Germany and then by Belgium. The colony gained independence...
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Born (1933-03-01) 1 March 1933 (age 92) Muning, Mukarange, Byumba, Ruanda-Urundi Nationality Rwandan Spouse Josephine Mukazitoni Children 11 Criminal charge...
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operandi for many previously unconnected murders. Ivomoku Bakusuba Ruanda-Urundi 1940s 0 67 Confessed to killing 67 children by strangling them with a bedsheet...
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Rwanda is a de facto one-party state ruled by the Rwandan Patriotic Front and its leader Paul Kagame since the end of the 1994 genocide against members...
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of Rwanda Prime Minister of Rwanda List of colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi List of colonial residents of Rwanda Styled as Chairman of the Committee...
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by Paul Kagame Personal details Born April 1950 (age 74) Gisenyi, Rwanda-Urundi Political party MRND (1980s-1990) Rwandan Patriotic Front (1990–2000) Party...
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Kingdom of Burundi (French: Royaume du Burundi), also known as Kingdom of Urundi (Kirundi: Ubwami bw'Urundi), was a Bantu kingdom in the modern-day Republic...
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reconnaissance. It is based in the Belgian colonies of Congo and Rwanda-Urundi between 1959 until its disbandment in 1962, following the independence of...
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Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi (BCCBRU) was a short-lived central bank whose territorial remit covered Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi. It was established...
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responsible for the territory of Ruanda-Urundi, an area equivalent to modern-day Rwanda and Burundi. Ruanda-Urundi formed part of German East Africa until...
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a League of Nations mandate over the previously German colony of Ruanda-Urundi. During World War II, the Belgian Congo provided a crucial source of income...
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The following lists events that happened during 1959 in Ruanda-Urundi. November 1 – Violence between the Hutu and Tutsi people was triggered by an attack...
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army stationed in Urundi was forced to retreat by the numerical superiority of the Belgian army, and by 17 June 1916, Ruanda-Urundi was occupied. The...
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Iau language (redirect from Urundi language)
of the Tariku and Kliki (Fou) rivers. Another name for the language is Urundi ~ Ururi. Dosobou (Dou, Doufou) is specifically Edopi. In Puncak Jaya Regency...
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the Mageyo Zone's commune of Mubimbi, Bujumbura Rural Province, Ruanda-Urundi. Ethnically, he was Hutu and the sixth of eleven children in his family...
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Prince Bangiricenge in c. 1912 at Nyabiyogi, chiefdom of Buyenzi, Ruanda-Urundi. He was one of two sons of Mwami (king) Mutaga IV and Ngenzahayo. Like other...
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