By 1914, European powers controlled 90% of Africa, with only Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) and Liberia remaining independent. A French map of Africa, c. 1911 (PD). By the time World War I broke out ...

Kathleen Bomani, World War I in Africa, Special to CNN A hundred years ago on this day, on August 8th, 1914, the British HMS Asteria and Pegasus protected cruisers bombed Dar-es-Salaam ...