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Zaire, [c] officially the Republic of Zaire, [d] was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 1997. Located in Central Africa, it was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria, and the 11th-largest country in the world from 1965 to 1997. With a population of over 23 million, Zaire was the most ...
German Empire. The following were German African protectorates: German colonies in Africa, 1914. German South West Africa, 1884 to 1915. German West Africa, 1884 to 1915. Togoland, 1884 to 1916. Kamerun, from 1884 to 1916. Kapitaï and Koba, 1884 to 1885. Mahinland, March 11, 1885 to October 24, 1885.
Geographical renaming. Geographical renaming is the changing of the name of a geographical feature or area, which ranges from the change of a street name to a change to the name of a country. Places are also sometimes assigned dual names for various reasons.
It lists 56 sovereign states (54 of which are member states of the United Nations), two non-sovereign (dependent) territories of non-African sovereign states, and nine sub-national regions of non-African sovereign states. Malta and parts of France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain are located on the African continental plate, some considerably closer ...
Eswatini (/ ˌɛswɑːˈtiːni / ESS-wah-TEE-nee; Swazi: eSwatini [ɛswáˈtʼiːni]), formally the Kingdom of Eswatini and also known by its former official name Swaziland (/ ˈswɑːzilænd / SWAH-zee-land) and formerly the Kingdom of Swaziland, [11][12] is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast ...
The Scramble for Africa[a] was the conquest and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers driven by the Second Industrial Revolution during the era of "New Imperialism" (1833–1914): Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal and Spain. In 1870, 10% of the continent was formally under European control.
The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political.Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international recognition, and four largely unrecognised de facto states with limited to no recognition have territory in Europe and/or membership in international European ...
Ancient and medieval colonies. Africa in 1910. In the early historical period, colonies were founded in North Africa by migrants from Europe and Western Asia, particularly Greeks and Phoenecians. Under Egypt 's Pharaoh Amasis (570–526 BC) a Greek mercantile colony was established at Naucratis, some 50 miles from the later Alexandria. [2]