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Ubangi-Shari had a similar concession system as the Congo Free State and similar atrocities were also committed there. French author and Nobel laureate André Gide travelled to Ubangi-Shari and was told by inhabitants about atrocities including mutilations, dismemberments, executions, the burning of children, and villagers being forcibly bound to large beams and made to walk until dropping ...
A map of Ubangi-Shari c. 1910 showing the location of Ft. de Possel in the southwestern corner of the colony.. Fort de Possel (French: Fort-de-Possel) was a French garrison and settlement in central Africa which served as the capital of Ubangi-Shari from February 11 to December 11 in 1906. [1]
French Congo once comprised the area of Congo, Gabon and Ubangi-Shari (present-day Central African Republic). The French Congo began at Brazzaville on 10 September 1880 as a protectorate over the Bateke people along the north bank of the Congo River. [1]
Ubangi-Shari is annexed by France – Ubangi-Shari under French rule; Ubangi-Shari separated from the French Republic in 1960 as an independent republic. House of Bokassa (c. AD 1976–1979) establihshed a monarchy – Central African Empire (Limited international recognition)
The Central African Republic (CAR), formerly known as Ubangi-Shari, is a landlocked country in Central Africa.It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south, the Republic of the Congo to the southwest, and Cameroon to the west.
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[4] As a result, Guérillot became vice-president of the Territorial Assembly of Ubangi-Shari and of the Grand Council of French Equatorial Africa in 1956. [2] He had completely acquired the confidence of Boganda, who in turn named him General Treasurer of his party, the Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa (MESAN). [ 7 ]
Elections to the French National Assembly were held in Chad and Ubangi-Shari on 17 June 1951. The territories elected four seats to the Assembly via two electoral colleges; the first college spanned both territories and elected one seat, whilst Chad elected two seats via the second college and Ubangi-Shari one.