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In 2018, during the 50th independence day celebration, the king announced the official renaming of the country from the Anglicized Swaziland to its Siswati form Eswatini. [20] Following this, many governmental and non-governmental bodies, corporations and international organizations changed all mention of Swaziland to Eswatini. [21]
The list shows large groupings associated with the dates of independence from decolonization (e.g., 41 current states gained control of sovereignty from the United Kingdom and France between 1956 and 1966) or dissolution of a political union (e.g., 18 current states gained control of sovereignty from the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia between 1990 ...
Topographic map of Eswatini A small landlocked kingdom with an area of 17,364 km 2 (6,704 sq mi), Eswatini is located at approximately 26°30'S, 31°30'E [ 58 ] and is bordered in the north, west and south by South Africa and by Mozambique in the east.
Independence restored after German and New Zealand rule. Initial independence c. 1300. July 1, 1962 Belgium Burundi: Independence restored after German and Belgian protectorate. Initial establishment c. 1680. July 1, 1962 Belgium Rwanda: Independence restored after German and Belgian protectorate. Initial establishment around the 12th century.
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 late 19th century and early 20th century in the era of "New Imperialism": Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
1919–1922 — The Treaty of Versailles divides Germany's African colonies into mandates of the victors (which largely become new colonies of the victors). Most of Cameroon becomes a French mandate with a small portion taken by the British and some territory incorporated into France's previously existing colonies; Togo is mostly taken by the British, though the French gain a slim portion ...
Scramble for Africa: Africa in the years 1880 and 1913, just before the First World War. The Scramble for Africa between 1870 and 1914 was a significant period of European imperialism in Africa that ended with almost all of Africa, and its natural resources, claimed as colonies by European powers, who raced to secure as much land as possible while avoiding conflict amongst themselves.
The Pretoria Convention for the Settlement of the Transvaal in 1881 recognized the independence of Eswatini and defined its boundaries. The Ngwenyama was not a signatory, and the Swazi claim that their territory extends in all directions from the present state. Britain claimed authority over Eswatini in 1903, and independence was regained in 1968.