The German East Africa Company is active…

1888 CE to 1899 CE

The German East Africa Company is active in the African Great Lakes region from 1884.

As a result of heightened tensions and border disputes between the German East Africa Company, the British Empire and the Sultanate of Zanzibar, the German Empire was called upon to put down the Abushiri revolts and protect the empire's interests in the region.

The German East Africa Company transfers its rights to the German Empire in 1891, in this way establishing the German colony of German East Africa, which includes Burundi (Urundi), Rwanda (Ruanda), and the mainland part of Tanzania (formerly known as Tanganyika).

The German Empire stations armed forces in Rwanda and Burundi during the late 1880s.

The location of the present-day city of Gitega serves as an administrative center for the Ruanda-Urundi region.

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Gitega Gitega Burundi View →

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Bantu peoples View → Hema people View → Hutu View → Tutsi View → German Empire (“Second Reich”) View → East Africa, German View → East Africa, German View →

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Colonization of Africa, German View → Scramble for Africa View → Anglo-German African Contest View →

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