The Bismarck-led talks lasted from November 15, 1884 until February 26, 1885. On the agenda ... fell following World War I, a ...

In 1885 European leaders met at the infamous Berlin Conference to divide Africa and arbitrarily draw up borders that exist to this day. The map on the wall in the Reich Chancellery in Berlin was ...

135 years ago today, European leaders sat around a horseshoe-shaped table to set the rules for Africa’s colonisation ... ending on February 26, 1885. In the 135 years since, the conference ...