Northern Africa, 22 Apr 1900: Battle of Kousséri
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Political map of Northern Africa on 22 Apr 1900 (Scramble for Africa: Battle of Kousséri), showing the following events: Battle of Togbao; Dervish State; Boer invasion of Cape Colony; Battle of Umm Diwaykarat; Tripartite Convention in Africa; Battle of Kousséri.

Egypt(Br. occ.)

Austria-
Hungary

Congo

Free State(union w. Bel.)

F r e n c h W e s t A f r i c a(Fr. col. fed.)

French

Congo(Fr.)

Tunisia(Fr. prot.)

Khiva(Rus. prot.)

German
East Africa(Ger.)

Anglo-
Egyptian
Sudan(Br. adm.)

Aden prot.(Br. Ind. prot.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Crete(int. adm.)

Cyprus(Br. adm.)

Cape Verde(Port.)

Canary Islands(Sp.)

Ivory
Coast(FWA)

Rio de Oro(Sp. prot.)

Uganda(Br. prot.)

North-
West
Africa(Ger. prot.)

East
Africa
Prot.(Br. prot.)

Gold
Coast(Br.)

Fr. Guinea(FWA)

Fernando Póo(Sp.)

Pt. Guinea(Port.)

Upper
Senegal(FWA terr.)

Benadir(It./BC)

Sierra Leone(Br.)

Majerteenia(It. prot.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. prot.)

Hobyo(It. prot.)

`Anizzah(Ott. suz.)

Northern Nigeria(Br. prot.)

Sthn.
Nigeria(Br. prot.)

Agadez(Fr. vas.)

Middle
Niger(FWA terr.)

Ifni(Sp. claim)

Massina(Fr. infl.)

Adamawa(Sok. vas.)

Nthn.
Terr.(GC prot.)

Bauchi(Sok. vas.)

Ashanti(Br. prot.)

S.T. & P.(Port.)

Zanzibar(Br. prot.)

Jul 1899Rabih defeats
French at Togbao

Sep 1899Somali
Dervishes
declare war
on British

Oct 1899–May 1900Boer War begins

Nov 1899British destroy Mahdists
at Umm Diwaykarat

Dec 1899Britain and Germany partition
West African neutral zone

22 Apr 1900French defeat and
kill Rabih at Kousséri

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