Sub-Saharan Africa, 19 Sep 1898: Fashoda Incident
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Political map of Sub-Saharan Africa on 19 Sep 1898 (The Scramble for Africa: Fashoda Incident), showing the following events: Third Mandingo War; Niger Convention; Marchand Mission; Anglo-German Agreement of 1898; Battle of Omdurman; Fashoda Incident.

Congo

Free State(union w. Bel.)

F r e n c h W e s t A f r i c a(Fr. col. fed.)

Egypt(Br. occ.)

Madagascar(Fr.)

French

Congo(Fr.)

Aden prot.(Br. Ind. prot.)

Portuguese
West
Africa(Port.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. prot.)

Cape
Verde(Port.)

Portuguese
East
Africa(Port.)

German
East Africa(Ger.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Cape
Colony(Br.)

East
Africa
Prot.(Br. prot.)

Benadir(It./BC)

German
South
West
Africa(Ger.)

Bechuana-
land(Br. HCT)

Uganda(Br. prot.)

North-
West
Africa(Ger. prot.)

Gold
Coast(Br.)

Sierra Leone(Br.)

Pt. Guinea(Port.)

Rio de Oro(Sp. prot.)

Comoros(Fr. prot.)

French Sudan(FWA)

Fr.
Guinea(FWA)

Ivory
Coast(FWA)

British
Central
Africa(Br. prot.)

Hobyo(It. overs.)

Majerteenia(It. overs.)

Kongo(Port. vas.)

Fernando Póo(Sp.)

Rhodesia
Protectorate(Br. prot.)

Orange
Free
State

South
African
Rep.

Bulozi(semi-indep)

Massina(Fr. infl.)

Nyassa Co.(Port/NC)

Adamawa(Sok. vas.)

Niger
Coast(Br. prot.)

Niger River Delta(Br/RNC)

Bai-
lundo(Port. prot.)

Ashanti(Br. prot.)

Mozambique
Co.(Port/MC)

Bauchi(Sok. vas.)

Zanzibar(Br. prot.)

S.T. & P.(Port.)

Seychelles(Br.)

St. Helena(Br.)

Tristan da Cunha(Br.)

Mayotte(Fr. prot.)

Simon's Town(Br.)

1 May–29 Sep 1898French defeat and
capture Samori Ture

Jun 1898British and French
define northern
boundary of Nigeria

10 Jul 1898French expedition
occupies Fashoda

Aug 1898Britain and Germany
propose partitioning
Portuguese Empire

2 Sep 1898British defeat
Mahdists at
Omdurman

19 Sep–3 Nov 1898Anglo-French dispute
over Fashoda

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