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Events relating to africa
An international conference at Algeciras effectively gives France informal control of Morocco
Mahatma Gandhi, confronted by racial discrimination in South Africa, launches a programme of passive resistance (satyagraha)
Transvaal is given the self-governing status promised in the treaty ending the Boer War
The Transvaal government presents to Edward VII the Cullinan diamond, now part of the British crown jewels
International outrage at Congo atrocities forces Belgium to annexe King Leopold's private colony
National delegates from the four provincial parliaments draw up a draft constitution for a South African union
Mineral discoveries on the border of Northern Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo give the first hint of the riches of the Copper Belt
The Union of South Africa becomes an independent dominion within the British empire
Three French colonies south of the Sahara are consolidated as French Equatorial Africa
Louis Botha is prime minister of the newly formed Union of South Africa, with Jan Smuts as his minister of interior and defence
Italy finds a reason to invade Libya, a province of the Turkish empire.
Germany causes international alarm by sending a warship to Agadir, a port in French-controlled Morocco
Copper mining begins in Katanga, soon to be followed by the extraction of even more profitable diamonds
German scientist Alfred Wegener, impressed by the neat fit between the coasts of Africa and South America, proposes the theory of continental drift
Turkey, beset by troubles elsewhere, cedes to Italy her north African province of Libya
By the treaty of Fès a French protectorate is formally established in Morocco
France and Spain agree that Spain shall become the colonial power in the north of Morocco and France in the south
The South African National Native Congress (subsequently the ANC, African National Congress) is set up in Cape Province
Dinizulu's son Solomon follows his father as king or chief of the Zulu people, and direct descendants of Shaka's brother Mwande continue to inherit until today
Albert Schweitzer and his wife become missionaries at Lambaréné in west Africa
J.B.M. Hertzog founds the National Party in South Africa to represent Afrikaner interests
British rule is consolidated in Nigeria by the merging of north and south as a single colony
The British government changes the status of Egypt from a Turkish province to a British protectorate
British and French forces invade the German colony of Togoland
Mahatma Gandhi returns to India after more than twenty years in South Africa
