Bus Bloc

As of 1 January 1894 the Société anonyme belge pour le commerce du Haut-Congo (SAB) had 83 factories and posts, including some in the French territory to the west of the Congo and Ubangi rivers.

A map shows the company had posts along the upper Ruki River (i.e. the Busira) at Bilakamba, Bombimba, Bussira Manene, Moniaca, Bocoté and Yolongo.

[2] The Compagnie du Congo pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (CCCI) was given the right to 150,000 hectares (120,000 acres) of land in return for its services in studying the Matadi-Léopoldville Railway project.

[7] Under the agreement of 27 December 1901 the SAB was responsible for industrial, agricultural and commercial exploitation of the Bloc and received a share of the proceeds in compensation.

It is estimated that hundreds of thousands died as victims to the agents of the Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company (ABIR) or of the SAB in the Bus-Bloc.

[11] The American doctor Louis Jaggard (1877–1951) at the Monieka mission spoke in 1917 with scorn of the 30 or so traders at Bussira, 4 miles (6.4 km) away, who came to him for treatment.

The rebels attacked state posts, trading stations, factories, homes and a Catholic chapel.

SAB Bus Bloc posts in an 1894 map. The upper Ruki River above the Momboyo River was also called the Busira River
1906 Punch cartoon depicting Leopold II of Belgium as a snake attacking the Congo people