In a general election, a Nationalist Afrikaaner bloc led by Daniel Malan defeated the coalition of United and Labor Parties under Prime Minister Smuts. The new government had been elected…
There was an outbreak of a nationalist rebellion in Madagascar. “White settlers were assaulted, plantations burned and French garrisons attacked.” It took the French more than 12 months to put…
Antique photograph of the first Italo-Ethiopian war (1895-1896): Mekelle fort battle. GETTY Image On October 3rd, 1935 Italy invaded Ethiopia under several pretexts for the invasion. Actually, the only real…
On September 1st, 1923 Southern Rhodesia became a Crown Colony after refusing to join the Union of South Africa. Rhodesia, officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised…
Close up of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on the Indian Rupi. GETTY Image Because of the protest led by Mohandas Gandhi for the enacted immigration laws which limited the freedom of…
High resolution digital render of Libya flag. GETTY The Italian-Turkish War was officially brought to an end by the Treaty of Ouchy. By this treaty, Italy received Libya. The Italians…
Morocco was a continuous source of dispute. In April, France was forced to commit substantially more forces to take control of the city of Fez. Therefore, the Germans began to…
The Union of South Africa was established on the 31st of May, 1910. The union was between Transvaal, the Orange Free State, the Cape Colony and Natal. In the first…
The Congo Free State, which had been the private property of Belgian King Leopold II, became an official Belgian colony in 1908. This was a result of the action of…
After the killing of nine European workers in Casablanca, French warships bombarded the city on August 2nd, 1907 in response. Later they were compelled to commit 15,000 troops to garrison…
The Autonomous Government of Transvaal declared a policy that “required registration and fingerprinting of all Asians.” In response, Mohandas Gandhi led 10,000 Indian residents to protest against this. He instituted…
When the legislature of Natal imposed a poll tax of one English pound on all residents of Natal, there was an outbreak of revolt. It was carried out by Zulu…
Schools in Igangan-Ijesha: Igangan-Ijesha is a community in Osun State. Igangan is not a city in Ilesha as indexed on the internet. It is a city (community) on its own…
After a long conference in Algeciras to decide the future of Morocco, it was later agreed that the French “would have special responsibility for restoring order along the Algerian-Moroccan border,”…
On January 11th, a revolt by native Africans against German Settlement in South West Africa started. It was led by the Herero tribe. The natives were initially successful, overrunning…