1884Event
Germany annexes the Cameroons, pressuring Calabar and the Benue
By 1884 Germany had annexed the Cameroons, whose western border lay dangerously near Calabar and whose northern border threatened to give Germany access to the Benue and the Niger.
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1884
Germany annexes the Cameroons, pressuring Calabar and the Benue
By 1884 Germany had annexed the Cameroons, whose western border lay dangerously near Calabar and whose northern border threatened to give Germany access to the Benue and the Niger.
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By 1884 Germany had annexed the Cameroons, whose western border lay dangerously near Calabar and whose northern border threatened to give Germany access to the Benue and the Niger. German exploratory missions had reached the Benue as early as 1880.