More Berlin conferences
More Berlin conferences The Punch Published 18 July 2021 Between November 1884 and February 1885, European powers met in Berlin to formalise the colonial carving-up of Africa. As conferences go, it was of unusually long duration. And that could only have been testimony to the magnitude of the prize being shared. Then in January 2020 and June 2021, there were two other Berlin conferences featuring the same powers with a few additions. This time the goal was not to carve up, but to put together. And judging by the state of affairs around the continent, many more of such conferen...