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From Diagnosing the Problems to Remediationa conference of the European powers, which would eventually become known as the BerlinConference.The Berlin Conference was successful in that it enabled the partitioning of nearly allof Africa between the European powers without there being any conflicts of interest. Tenyears after the conference ended, more than 90 % of Africa had been carved up betweenthe nations of Europe: the entire Nile basin went to the British, nearly all of western Africawent to the French and the Germans obtained four African colonies: Tanzania, Namibia,Cameroon and Togo. Only antiquated Ethiopia, West African Liberia and the white Boer 96enclaves controlled by the Free Orange State and the Republic of Transvaal retained theirindependence. History shows that the Boer Republic was eventually annexed by the BritishEmpire following a long and bloody war, which itself proved to be such a war of attritionthat it knocked Britain from its perch among the world’s superpowers.European Colonies in Africa before World War I: Belgium Germany Spain FranceGreat Britain Italy Portugal Independent Ethiopia and LiberiaSource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Colonial_Africa_1913_map.svgIn the face of political pragmatism and the race for resources and riches, even the mostidealistic Europeans began to act in a more humane manner towards Africans, even if they96 The country of Liberia is the result of efforts undertaken by North American abolitionists who used theAmerican Colonization Company to help repatriate freed American slaves and other slaves liberated fromslave boats to return back to this West African country. These blacks established the Republic of Liberiain 1847 and the capital to the present day carries the name Monrovia, after American President JamesMonroe, who was a prominent supporter of the idea of repatriating black slaves to Africa. The name ofthe country itself is based on the English word liberty. Today Liberia is among the most under-developedcountries in the world and 85 % of Liberians live under the internationally recognized poverty line.119