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Identify three terms of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885

      

Identify three terms of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885.

  

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1. Any European power claiming any part of Africa had to inform other interested parties to avoid future rivalry and conflict

2. Claim to any area had to be followed by effective occupation for the claim to be valid

3. Those claiming areas were under the obligation to safeguard white man's interests, irrespective of their nationality e.g. missionaries

4. That any power claiming a region had to stop slave trade and encourage legitimate trade

5. There was to be freedom of navigation and trade on Rivers Niger, Congo and Zambezi

6. King Leopold II of Belgium's claim over the Congo free states was recognised by all powers
johnmulu answered the question on February 13, 2017 at 08:08


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