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Events on Friday 25 February 1887 1
1887Emin Pasha Relief Expedition departs for AfricaHenry Morton Stanley leads mission to relieve besieged governorExplorer Henry Morton Stanley departs from England leading an expedition to relieve Emin Pasha, the besieged governor of Equatoria province in Sudan, cut off by the Mahdist uprising. The expedition crosses the Congo basin under harsh conditions, suffering heavy losses. It becomes one of the last major European exploration ventures into interior Africa.