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| Future Africa; 89 years from now… | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 1 2011, 03:56 PM (191 Views) | |
| Kirkland22 | Jul 1 2011, 03:56 PM Post #1 |
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![]() The gradual economic and political collapse of most of Africa was becoming evident in the 21st century. Most countries had borrowed more than they could ever repay from other nations, and political and civil instability brought the downfall of order within the individual nations. By the 2050s and the 2060s, it was becoming clear to the rest of the world that Africa was so torn apart and in constant turmoil that the nations could not operate on their own any longer. European and American nations began to insert their control in Africa once more, bringing in troops to restore peace and drive out corruption and warring parties. Throughout the late 2060s and early 2070s, African nations began to give in to Western rule. Taking similar courses of action as the original European colonization of Africa, many countries of the former European empires were returned to the same colonizers. These European countries signed the Second African Colonization Act in Seville, Spain in 2066. The United Kingdom took control of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Nigeria, Ghana, and Gambia from 2066 to 2068. South Africa and Lesotho joined on their own accord in 2071. In 2074, The United Kingdom lost control over Malawi, which the Portuguese claimed. Furthermore, they lost control over Namibia in 2077, which the Portuguese acquired from them. France began their takeover process in 2066, securing the former nations of Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad, Togo, Benin, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Madagascar, and Mauritius in just three years. In 2070, however, France decides to give up its claims over Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Central African Republic to the eagerly expanding Portuguese. Portugal began to take over certain areas of the former Portuguese Empire in 2066, immediately securing Angola, Mozambique, Equatorial Guinea, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Swaziland was eventually taken over by Portugal as well, when in 2067, the resisting Swazis fell to Portuguese rule. Portugal acquired Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Central African Republic in 2070 from the French. From the United Kingdom, they received Malawi in 2074, and Namibia in 2077. The United States of America joined the colonization in 2066 and took immediate control over Liberia and Sierra Leone, from which they took no further action to expand. Spain, which hosted the signature of the Second African Colonization Act, did not colonize more than just Western Sahara and Cape Verde in 2066. The colonization of these nations was peaceful. Eventually, Spain received control of Morocco as well in 2080. The Arabic states of northern Africa did not undergo European colonization immediately, and in 2070 when France attempted to take control over Mauritania and Algeria, the Arabic states as a whole reacted and fought France. The Mauritanian War of 2070 may have been one of the reasons France decided to give up so much land in the rest of Africa to Portugal – the financial losses and mass casualties of the war with the Arabic states was costing them. The Arabic states beat the French, and the British, who had attempted to aid the French in 2070. Having reacted as a whole to the attempted European colonization, some Arabic nations began to merge together and call themselves “Afro-Arabia”. The original states in 2071 were Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Being a growing power, eventually Libya and Sudan joined Afro-Arabia in 2075. Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and Comoros followed in 2076. Morocco was colonized by Spain in 2080 peacefully, after a referendum was held within Morocco as to what its fate would be (52.3% voted to join Spain). The only two nations in Africa to remain unchanged since colonization were Egypt and the Seychelles. Egypt refused to join Afro-Arabia, even after many attempts to get them to join. The Seychelles declared to the European world that they were not in need of colonization due to the overall tranquility of the nation. The European colonization of Africa was stated to be temporary until orderly and stable governments could be established in the region. The Second African Colonization Act declared that the signing nations would have full right to colonize troubled areas of Africa as long as the African Peacekeeping Organization (APO), developed by the United Nations, oversaw methods of colonization. During the Mauritanian War of 2070, the APO denounced French and British attempts to fight the Arabic states for control of Mauritania and Algeria. The war ended the same year. The signing nations of the Second African Colonization Act were Spain, Portugal, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. Other nations, such as Italy, Germany, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Romania, and Austria supported European peacekeeping and temporary colonization efforts in Africa, but showed no interest in signing. Some nations in the world, such as China, Russia, and some Latin American countries, denounced the colonization of Africa, stating that they believed Europe was being power-hungry in trying to take over the land that hadn’t belonged to them for over a century. They pointed out that it was not the Western World’s business taking control over a continent of evenly distributed nations. The Western World asserted that the colonizing and peacekeeping effort was only temporary and was meant to put an end to the violence and political and civil unrest most African countries were facing. The United Nations did not impose the sanctions Russia, China, and some Latin American countries were trying to bring forth on the European colonizers. China refused to recognize the downfall of many of the nations in Africa, and Russia failed to recognize some of it as well. As of 2100, the European effort at restoring peace has been a slight success, although throughout the few decades of European control, there have been attempted coups and revolts. None have been successful. For the most part, under European control, peace was being established in most areas of Africa and all traces of the former governments were abolished. ![]() After 2100, the European hold on most of Africa was growing weak. The European colonizers had already restored peace and begun to establish new governments and political divisions. Starting in the year 2102, the European nations that signed the Second African Colonization Act in 2066 agreed to begin pulling out of Africa and leaving control to the newly organized governments developing in the regions. This action was widely supported and encouraged by the rest of the world, especially those that were against the second colonization in the first place. The very first nation to declare its independence was South Africa, which had joined British control under its own accord in 2071. South Africa had encompassed the nation of Lesotho and restarted their national operations in 2102. The next nations to declare independence were Ghana and Nigeria, which seceded from the UK on the same day. Shortly after, Madagascar broke away from French control, taking Mauritius, Réunion, and Mayotte with it. The last nation to gain independence before the end of 2102 was Ethiopia, which declared independence from France. The first nation to declare independence in 2103 was the nation of New Zimbabwe, which included the former nations of Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It wasn’t until 2121 that Namibia broke away from Angola to join New Zimbabwe. The second and last nation to declare independence in 2103 was Angola, which broke away from Portuguese control. Angola included Namibia until 2121, when it joined New Zimbabwe. The only nation to secede in 2104 was Liberia, which also encompassed Sierra Leone. The United States no longer had territory in Africa. In 2105, the nation of British East Africa declared independence from the UK. The former nations of Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda were included in British East Africa. Mozambique, Malawi, and Swaziland seceded from Portugal under the name New Portugal in 2105. In 2107, the nation of French West Africa declared independence from France. It encompassed the former nations of Mali, Benin, Togo, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea, as well as part of Niger. In 2115, the western part of French West Africa began to request independence from the nation, and in 2116, the nation of Seneguinea (combination of Senegal and Guinea) was formed from Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea. In 2120, the UK sold Gambia to Seneguinea, which marked an end to British rule on the African mainland. In 2108, the nation of French Central Africa declared independence from France, encompassing the former nations of Niger and Chad. In 2110, Afro-Arabia fought a war with French Central Africa over the control of the Darfur region of Sudan. French Central Africa was aided by France, the UK, the USA, and other nations and eventually won control over the long-disputed region of Darfur. The areas in central Africa still had not developed stable and proper governments, and civil and ethnic differences were strong. In 2111, Portugal and France offered to grant independence to the entire region, naming it Congo, but the natives did not wish to reunite and mix in with each other. In 2112, the Congo region was divided up into West Congo and East Congo, which achieved independence from France and Portugal. This put an end to Portuguese and French rule in Africa. Afro-Arabia, having witnessed the end of European colonization in Africa, began to dissolve parts of itself in 2113. Libya was the first nation to declare independence again, and then Sudan followed. Comoros declared independence later that year and early in 2114, Somalia and Eritrea & Djibouti declared independence. Afro-Arabia was left with Algeria, Tunisia, and Mauritania. In 2127, Morocco seceded from Spanish rule and joined Afro-Arabia for the rest of the year. In 2128, Morocco seceded from Afro-Arabia after experiencing an inability to cooperate with national demands. Western Sahara and Cape Verde were the last places in Africa that remained part of a European country, in this case, Spain. |
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