Sanarwar Jihar Congo

Congo Free State wata jiha ce a Afirka da tsohon sarki na Belgium, Leopold II ya kirkira kuma ya jagoranci a matsayin hadin kai tare da Belgium. A ranar 29 ga Mayu 1885, bayan rufe Taron Berlin, sarki ya sanar da cewa ya shirya ya ba da sunan mallakarsa "Congo Free State", sunan da ba a riga an yi amfani da shi a taron Berlin ba kuma wanda a hukumance ya maye gurbin "International Association of the Congo" a ranar 1 ga Agusta 1885.Katzenellenbogen, S. (1996). "It didn't happen at Berlin: Politics, economics and ignorance in the setting of Africa's colonial boundaries.". In Nugent, P.; Asiwaju, A. I. (eds.). African Boundaries: Barriers, Conduits and Opportunities. London: Pinter. pp. 21–34.Cornelis, Sabine. 1991. "Stanley au service de Léopold II: La fondation de l'Etat Indépendant du Congo (1878-1885)". In H. M. Stanley: Explorateur au service du Roi, edited by Sabine Cornelis, 41-60. Tervuren: Royal Museum for Central Africa.Crowe, S.E. (1942). The Berlin West African Conference, 1884–1885. London: Longmans Green.

 Kafawa 
Majalisar dokoki ta Belgium, a cikin ƙuduri da Majalisar Wakilai ta zartar a ranar 28 ga Afrilu, 1885, kuma Majalisar Dattijai a ranar 30 ga Afrilu ta ba da izini ga Leopold II ya zama shugaban wata jiha: "Mai Girma Leopold II, Sarkin Belgium, an ba shi izinin zama shugaban jihar da aka kafa a Afirka ta Ƙungiyar Kasa ta Kongo. Ƙungiyar tsakanin Belgium da sabuwar jiha za ta kasance ta kasance ta sirri kawai, "kamar yadda gwamnatin Belgium ta damu, abin da ke da shi ba za ta sani ba a cikin 'yan lokaci na sirri."Jean Stengers, La Fondation de l'État indépendant du Congo, Liège, Université de Liège, coll. « L'Histoire aujourd'hui », p. 5. A ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 1885, Leopold II ya ɗauki taken mai mulkin mallaka na jihar Congo mai zaman kanta.

 Sakamakon kafa 
Dan Ingila ne, Sir Francis na Winton, mataimakin babban mai gudanarwa na Association Internationale du Congo, wanda a hukumance ya ayyana kafa Kasar Congo mai zaman kanta a Vivi a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1885, da kuma hauhawar Leopold II a matsayin mai mulkinta. A ranar 1 ga Afrilu, 1886, Winton ya kammala aikinsa kuma ya koma Ingila, inda kungiyar Birtaniya ta Gabashin Afirka ta hayar da shi. Daga baya aka sauya babban birnin zuwa Boma.

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