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Events on Thursday 24 April 1884 1
1884Germany establishes protectorates in West AfricaTogoland and Cameroon claimed as German coloniesGerman explorer Gustav Nachtigal secured treaties establishing German protectorates over Togoland and Cameroon in July 1884, shortly after Germany had also claimed South West Africa. The moves marked Germany's entry into overseas colonial competition alongside Britain and France. The territories remained under German rule until the First World War.