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Terms of the Heligoland treaty of 1890.

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Terms of the Heligoland Treaty of 1890.
It was signed due to inability of Anglo-german treaty to resolve differences.
a) Germany officially recognized Uganda as a British sphere of influence/protectorate.
b) Germany abandoned her claim over the territory of Witu for British in exchange for Heligoland island in the North sea
c) Germany accepted British protectorate over Zanzibar and Pemba.
d) Germany acquired a strip of land on Lake Tanganyika from Britain and the Coastal region of Tanganyika from the Sultan of Zanzibar.
e) The Sultan of Zanzibar retained a 16km (10 miles) Coastal strip.