Sultanate of Utetera
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Belgish autorities made Tippu Tip governor of eastern Congo. However he considered himself independent and created the Sultanate of Utetera. The capital of the state was the town of Kasongo.
Establishment
February 1887: Belgish autorities made Tippu Tip governor of eastern Congo (" The borders of his territories were the Aruwimi and the Lualaba River.") to eliminate his secessionist aims. However he considered himself a vassal, de facto secceeding from Congo.
Chronology
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Was a war fought in Central Africa between the forces of Belgian King Leopold II's Congo Free State and various Zanzibari Arab slave traders.
January 1888: Other major slave traders like Rumaliza, the strongman of Lake Tanganyika, considered his deal with the Congo Free State to be treason. Rumaliza abolished the Congo Free State flag and swore loyalty to the red flag of the sultan of Zanzibar.
March 1893: The Congo Free State forces under Francis Dhanis took control of a key river city by the name of Nyangwe.
April 1893: Dhanis advanced up the river to Kasongo.
June 1893: Commandant Pierre Ponthier arrived at the Stanley Falls from Europe. He immediately collected all the troops he could, took Captain Hubert Lothaire and some men from Bangala with him and followed the Arab units, who had fled from the Stanley Falls up the river.
October 1893: The war's last major battle occurred on 20 October 1893, on the Luama River, west of Lake Tanganyika. It was a tactical stalemate, but Sefu was killed.
Disestablishment
March 1893: The Congo Free State forces under Francis Dhanis took control of a key river city by the name of Nyangwe.
April 1893: Dhanis advanced up the river to Kasongo.
June 1893: Commandant Pierre Ponthier arrived at the Stanley Falls from Europe. He immediately collected all the troops he could, took Captain Hubert Lothaire and some men from Bangala with him and followed the Arab units, who had fled from the Stanley Falls up the river.
October 1893: The war's last major battle occurred on 20 October 1893, on the Luama River, west of Lake Tanganyika. It was a tactical stalemate, but Sefu was killed.
