The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Conference" id="mwZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Berlin Conference">Berlin Conference</a> of 1884–1885 met on 15 November 1884, and after an adjournment concluded on 26 February 1885, with the signature of a General Act, regulating the European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. <sup about="#mwt32" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"}}' id="cite_ref-5" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_15#cite_note-5" id="mwZQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwZg">[5]</span></a></sup>
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