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The Treaty of Durban
Shortly after the British surrendered to the German Empire in February 1919, the colonial powers met in Durban, South Africa, to discuss the future of the Dark Continent. It was agreed that-

• British East Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Uganda, and Mozambique, which had been seized by Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck, were to be handed over to Germany, under the conditions that all British and Portuguese citizens were allowed to retain their citizenship and were protected from attacks by Askari and the imposition of the German language
• British possessions in West Africa would remain British
• Belgium, which was under German occupation, would have to cede the Congo, and because France was undergoing a Civil War, the French government was forced to sell the Ivory Coast, Niger, Dahomey, Upper Volta, and French Sudan in exchange for arms money
• The Ethiopian Empire would gain British Somaliland, Djibouti and Eritrea, from Britain, and war-torn France and Italy, respectively
• Somali kings would be granted sovereignty
• South Africa would be freed from British rule as its rebellion could not be crushed, but Bechuanaldm would serve as a condominium with Britain