Sub-Saharan Africa, 15 Nov 1908: Belgian Congo
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Political map of Sub-Saharan Africa on 15 Nov 1908 (The Scramble for Africa: Belgian Congo), showing the following events: Ouaddai War; Italo-Ethiopian Convention; Belgian Congo.

Belgian

Congo(Bel.)

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

Egypt(Br. occ.)

Madagascar(Fr.)

Anglo-

Egyptian

Sudan(Br. adm.)

East Africa
Protectorate(Br. prot.)

Italian
Somalia(It. prot.)

Aden prot.(Br. Ind. prot.)

Portuguese
West Africa(Port.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. prot.)

Cape
Verde(Port.)

Portuguese
East
Africa(Port.)

German
East Africa(Ger.)

Kamerun(Ger. prot.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Cape
Colony(Br.)

German
South
West
Africa(Ger.)

Bechuana-
land(Br. HCT)

Uganda(Br. prot.)

Gold
Coast(Br.)

Sierra Leone(Br.)

Pt. Guinea(Port.)

Rio de Oro(Sp. prot.)

Comoros(Fr. prot.)

Middle
Congo(Fr. Congo)

Upper Senegal and Niger(FWA)

Mauritania(FWA terr.)

Fr. Guinea(FWA)

Ivory
Coast(FWA)

Hobyo(semi-indep)

Majerteenia(semi-indep)

Tibesti(Ott. vas.)

S. Nigeria(Br. prot.)

Katanga(CSK adm.)

N.-E.
Rhod.(BSAC adm.)

Ubangi-Shari-
Chad(Fr. Congo)

Barotzi.-
N.-W.
Rhodesia(BSAC adm.)

Northern
Nigeria(Br. prot.)

Darfur(A-E.S. vas.)

Southern
Territories(Fr. terr.)

Southern
Rhodesia(BSAC adm.)

Bulozi(semi-indep)

Nyassa Co.(Port/NC)

Mozambique
Co.(Port/MC)

Zanzibar(Br. prot.)

S.T. & P.(Port.)

Seychelles(Br.)

St. Helena(Br.)

Tristan da Cunha(Br.)

Mayotte(Fr. prot.)

Simon's Town(Br.)

Mar 1908–Oct 1911French conquer
Wadai Sultanate

May 1908Italy and Ethiopia
agree on Somali
& Eritrean frontiers

15 Nov 1908Belgium assumes control
of Congo Free State

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