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    After his governorship ended, the Congo-Arab War broke out between Arab and European forces, with each side leading local African soldiers. When Tippu Tip left the Congo, King Leopold's authority was weak in the East, where local Arabic and Swahili leaders like Tippu Tip's son Sefu bin Hamed and the trader Rumaliza held power near Lake Tanganyika. In 1892, Sefu bin Hamed attacked Belgian ivory traders seen as a threat, so the Free State sent troops under Francis Dhanis. Dhanis succeeded by turning the African Ngongo Lutete against Sefu, then used superior arms and organization to defeat opponents until Sefu's death in 1893 and

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    After his governorship ended, the Congo-Arab War broke out between Arab and European forces, with each side leading local African soldiers. When Tippu Tip left the Congo, King Leopold's authority was weak in the East, where local Arabic and Swahili leaders like Tippu Tip's son Sefu bin Hamed and the trader Rumaliza held power near Lake Tanganyika. In 1892, Sefu bin Hamed attacked Belgian ivory traders seen as a threat, so the Free State sent troops under Francis Dhanis. Dhanis succeeded by turning the African Ngongo Lutete against Sefu, then used superior arms and organization to defeat opponents until Sefu's death in 1893 and

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    Congo-Arab War: Sefu Bin Hamed

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    After his governorship ended, the Congo-Arab War broke out between Arab and European forces, with each side leading local African soldiers. When Tippu Tip left the Congo, King Leopold's authority was weak in the East, where local Arabic and Swahili leaders like Tippu Tip's son Sefu bin Hamed and the trader Rumaliza held power near Lake Tanganyika. In 1892, Sefu bin Hamed attacked Belgian ivory traders seen as a threat, so the Free State sent troops under Francis Dhanis. Dhanis succeeded by turning the African Ngongo Lutete against Sefu, then used superior arms and organization to defeat opponents until Sefu's death in 1893 and

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    After his tenure as governor, the Congo–Arab War broke out.

    Both sides fought with armies


    consisting mostly of local African soldiers fighting under the command of either Arab or European
    leaders.
    When Tippu Tip left the Congo, the authority of King Leopold's Free State was still very weak in
    the Eastern parts of the territory and the power lay largely with local Arabic or Swahili strongmen.
    Amongst these were Tippu Tip's son Sefu bin Hamed and a trader known as Rumaliza in the
    area close to Lake Tanganyika.
    In 1892, Sefu bin Hamed attacked Belgian ivory traders, who were seen as a threat to the Arab-
    Swahili trade. The Free State government sent a force under commander Francis Dhanis to the
    East. Dhanis had an early success when the African warlord Ngongo Lutete changed sides from
    Sefu's to his. The better armed and organized Belgian force defeated their opponents in several
    fights until the death of Sefu on 20 October 1893, and finally forcing also Rumaliza to flee to
    German territory in 1895.

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