Ruanda-Urundi
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Ruanda-Urundi, later Rwanda-Burundi, was a mandate and later trust territory ruled by Belgium between 1916 and 1962.
A Belgian Congo stamp overprinted for the Belgian Occupied East African Territories in 1916
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Wisdom at Butare (formerly Astrida) in Ruanda. Catholicism expanded rapidly under the Belgian mandate.
Ruandan labour migrants at the Kisanga copper mine in Katanga (Belgian Congo) in c. 1930
Monument in Bujumbura commemorating Burundi's independence on 1 July 1962
German East Africa
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German East Africa was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, the Tanzania mainland, and the Kionga Triangle, a small region later incorporated
Ruanda-Urundi
…Ruanda-Urundi (French pronunciation: ), later Rwanda-Burundi, was a mandate and later trust territory ruled by Belgium between 1916 and 1962. Once part of German East Africa, the region was occupied by troops from the Belgian Congo during the East African campaign in World War I. It was administered by Belgium under military…
Askari soldiers under German command in 1896
A streetscape photo of Dar es Salaam taken by Walther Dobbertin, c. 1906-1918
Fort Bagamoyo, c. 1891
1 rupie, German East Africa, 1902. Silver 917.