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Group: Ruanda-Urundi, Territory of
People: Leo III the Isaurian
Topic: Hungarian Revolt of 1956
Location: Peshawar North-West Frontier Pakistan

Ruanda-Urundi, Territory of

Years: 1916 - 1962

Ruanda-Urundi (French pronunciation: [ʁwɑ̃da uʁundi]), later Rwanda-Burundi, was a geopolitical entity, once part of German East Africa, that was occupied by troops from the Belgian Congo during the East African campaign in World War I and was administered by Belgium under military occupation from 1916 to 1922. It was subsequently awarded to Belgium as a Class-B Mandate under the League of Nations in 1922 and became a Trust Territory of the United Nations in the aftermath of World War II and the dissolution of the League. In 1962 Ruanda-Urundi became the two independent states of Rwanda and Burundi.