Sub-Saharan Africa, 16 Jan 1935: Abyssinia Crisis
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Political map of Sub-Saharan Africa on 16 Jan 1935 (Africa between the World Wars: Abyssinia Crisis), showing the following events: Statute of Westminster; Establishment of Saudi Arabia; Chancellor Adolf Hitler; Sara Triangle; Abyssinia Crisis; Mussolini-Laval Accord; Italian East Africa.

Anglo-

Egyptian

Sudan(Br. adm.)

Belgian

Congo(Bel.)

Mozambique(Port.)

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

Union of

South Africa(Br. dom.)

Egypt(Br. prot.)

Madagascar(Fr.)

French

Equatorial

Africa(Fr. col. fed.)

Italian
East Africa(It.)

Aden prot.(Br. Ind. prot.)

South
West
Africa(SAfr. mand.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. prot.)

Cape
Verde(Port.)

Tanganyika(Br. mand.)

Cameroun(Fr. mand.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Southern
Territories(Fr. terr.)

Bechuana-
land(Br. H.C.T.)

Uganda(Br. prot.)

Gold
Coast(Br.)

Sierra Leone(Br.)

Pt. Guinea(Port.)

Sahara(Sp. terr.)

Northern
Rhodesia(Br. prot.)

Southern
Rhodesia(Br.)

French
Sudan(FWA)

Mauritania(FWA)

Fr. Guinea(FWA)

Ivory
Coast(FWA)

Walvis Bay(SWA adm.)

Zanzibar(Br. prot.)

S.T. & P.(Port.)

Seychelles(Br.)

St. Helena(Br.)

Tristan da Cunha(Br.)

Simon's Town(Br.)

Dec 1931Statute of Westminster
reduces Britain’s authority
over South Africa

Sep 1932Unification of
Saudi Arabia

Jan 1933Hitler gains power
in Germany

Jul 1934British cede Sudanese
territory to Italian Libya

Dec 1934–Oct 1935Abyssinia Crisis over
Italo-Ethiopian dispute

7 Jan 1935France agrees to cede Aozou
Strip to Italy; not ratified

15 Jan 1935Italian East
Africa formed

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