The Main decisions of the Berlin Conference
1. Effective Occupation: All territorial claims in Africa by European powers must be backed by
effective i.e. signing treaties with local rulers and settling up administrations in the
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2) Notification: Any European power making claims to any part of African must notify the othec powers present at the conference of its claims.
3)Free Trade and Navigation: It was agreed that there should be free trade and free navigation, over the Congo and the Niger.
4) By the Humanitarian clause: It was agreed that slave trade should be abolished immediately and that free access into the interior of Africa be give to all agents involved in the abolition of salve trade.
5)By the Hinterland clause: It was agreed that any European power that showed prove of effective occupation of a coastal territory should be recognised as the owner of its hinterland.
6)The area claimed by King Leopold’s International Africa Association was recognised as a sovereign state. It was then to be called the Congo Free State. On 26th February 1885, the Berlin Act containing these decisions was signed by the participating powers.
7) Earlier colonial possessions were confirmed with little or no modifications.
8)They agreed to extend the moral and material benefits of European civilization to the: African continent.
9)The fair treatment of the native population was to be guaranteed. The claims of Portugal to the mouth of the river Congo were rejected.
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