Ce que disent les sources
- Quand
- juil. 1896
- Type
- Bataille
- Coordonnées
- 2.39° S, 29.03° E
- Description
- 1896 battle
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Battle of Shangi
1896 border conflict between Rwanda and the Congo Free State
The Battle of Shangi was a border conflict fought in July 1896 between the Congo Free State and the Kingdom of Rwanda. An expedition of the Congo Free State, a colonial polity personally controlled by Leopold II of Belgium, had previously entered Rwandan territory and set up a fortified camp at Shangi, directly challenging the rule of Rwandan King Mibambwe IV Rutarindwa over his border territories.
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