Question

Why did Berlin Conference fail at its mission?

Answer 1

The Partition of Africa began in earnest with the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, and was the cause of most of Africa’s borders today. This conference was called by German Chancellor Bismarck to settle how European countries would claim colonial land in Africa and to avoid a war among European nations over African territory. http://www.blackpast.org/gah/partition-africa 

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Answer 2

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The Berlin Conference took place between November 15, 1884 and February 26, 1885 and all major European countries were present. This conference established rules to ensure that Africa was fairly distributed according to the European powers. The conference was convened by German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, on the initiative of Portugal and with British support. In about 20 years, the whole of Africa was occupied by Belgium (Congo), England (south and east of Africa), France (north and west), Germany (Namibia, Cameroon, Togo and Tanzania), Italy (Libya, Somalia and Eritrea), Portugal (Angola, Mozambique) and Spain (southern Morocco).

Africa consisted of 10,000 peoples before 1880 and 40 countries in 1900. Of those 40 countries, 36 were governed by an European country.

The Berlin Conference is considered by many historians to be the culminating moment that gave impetus to exacerbated colonialism, initiated by France and the United Kingdom throughout the world since the late 19th century. Meanwhile, the conflicts that were intended to be resolved with this conference only worsened slowly but continuously, causing territorial, political and economic tensions between the main European powers, which would lead to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.