France seizes and colonizes Ubangi-Shari territory in…

1888 CE to 1899 CE

France seizes and colonizes Ubangi-Shari territory in 1894.

French activity in the area had begun in 1889 with the establishment of the outpost Bangi at the head of navigation on the Ubangi.

The Upper Ubangi had been established as part of the French Congo on December 9, 1891.

Despite a France-Congo Free State convention establishing a border around the 4th parallel, the area is contested from 1892 to 1895 with the Congo Free State, which claimed the region as its territory of Ubangi-Bomu (Oubangui-Bomou).

The Upper Ubangi is a separate colony from July 13, 1894, until December 10, 1899, at which time it is folded back into the French Congo.

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