Editing Scramble for Africa (section)

{{Important}}{{Act of Villainy|name=Scramble for Africa|image=Scramble-for-Africa-1880-1913.png|perpetrator=British Empire<br>French Empire<br>Imperial Germany<br>[[Leopold II of Belgium|King Leopold II]]<br>Belgian Empire<br>Italian Empire<br>Portuguese Empire<br>Spanish Empire|date=1884 - 1916|location=Africa|motive=To harvest Africa's natural resources and end slavery|crimes=[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Slavery]] (under [[Leopold II of Belgium|King Leopold II]] and Imperial Germany)<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>Invasion<br>Forced assimilation<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Rape]]}}{{Quote|It was economics that determined that Europe should invest in Africa and control the continent’s raw materials and labor. It was [[racism]] which confirmed the decision that the form of control should be direct colonial rule.|Walter Rodney, ''How Europe Underdeveloped Africa''.}}The '''Scramble for Africa''', also known as the '''Race for Africa''' and the '''Partition of Africa''', was a series of European conquests and [[Genocide of Indigenous Peoples|genocides of indigenous peoples]] across the African continent. During the scramble, several atrocities have been committed by European nations, such as King [[Leopold II of Belgium|Leopold II of Belgium]]'s tyranny over the Congo Free State and the [[Herero and Namaqua Genocide]] perpetrated by Imperial German colonial forces. By 1914, Ethiopia and Liberia became the only African nations to remain independent, though Ethiopia would later be occupied by [[Benito Mussolini]]'s troops before and during [[World War II]]. After the end of World War II and the establishment of the United Nations, Europeans gradually began to leave Africa overtime and grand their colonies independence.