a portion of German East Africa, which was given to Belgium as a League of Nations Mandate, when Germany lost all of its colonies at the end of World War I. Following the Rwandan Revolution, the mandate became the independent states of Burundi and Rwanda in 1962. African colonies listed by colonising power Belgium Lado Enclave Congo Free State and Belgian Congo (today's Democratic Republic of the Congo) Ruanda-Urundi (comprising modern Rwanda and Burundi, 1922–62) Swedish overseas colonies Africa Sweden temporarily controlled several settlements on the Gold Coast (present Ghana) since 22 April 1650, but lost the last when on 20 April 1663 Fort Carlsborg and the capital Fort Christiansborg were seized by Denmark. Cape Coast In 1652, the Swedes took Cape Coast (in modern Ghana) which had previously been under the control of the Dutch and before that the Portuguese. Cape Coast was centered on the Carolusburg Castle which was built in 1653 and named after King Charles X Gustav of Sweden but is now known as the Cape Coast Castle. Denmark-Norway Danish Gold Coast (coastal settlements in Ghana) Courland St. Andrews Island (in the Gambia) Hospitaller Malta Tripoli Netherlands Arguin Island (in Mauritania) Dutch Cape Colony Dutch Gold Coast (settlements along coast of Ghana, including El Mina) Dutch Loango-Angola (Luanda, Sonyo and Cabinda) Gorée (Senegal) Moçambique (Delagoa Bay) São Tomé South Africa Mauritius Italian Empire Italian East Africa Italian Eritrea Italian Somaliland (now Somalia) Italian Ethiopia Amhara Governorate Galla-Sidamo Governorate Harar Governorate Scioa Governorate Italian Libya Former colonies, protectorates and occupied areas Italian Eritrea (1882–1947) Italian Somalia (1889–1947) Trust Territory of Somaliland (1950–1960) Libya (1911–1947) Italian Tripolitania & Cyrenaica (1911–1934) Italian Libya (1934–1943) Italian East Africa (1936–1941) Italian Ethiopia (1936-1941) Tunisia (1942-1943) German Empire German Kamerun (now Cameroon and part of Nigeria, 1884–1916) German East Africa (now Rwanda, Burundi and most of Tanzania, 1885–1919) German South-West Africa (now Namibia, 1884–1915) German Togoland (now Togo and eastern part of Ghana, 1884–1914) After the First World War, Germany's possessions were partitioned among Britain (which took a sliver of western Cameroon, Tanzania, western Togo, and Namibia), France (which took most of Cameroon and eastern Togo) and Belgium Africa The following were German African protectorates: German South West Africa, 1884 to 1915 German West Africa, 1884 to 1915 Togoland, 1884 to 1916 Kamerun, from 1884 to 1916 Kapitaï and Koba, 1884 to 1885 Mahinland, March 11, 1885 to October 24, 1885 German