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Origins: The Association Internationale Africaine (AIA); The First AIA Expedition; Leopold and Stanley; Further AIA Expeditions; Relations with the Arabs; AIA expeditions and sovereignty in Eastern Africa; The Congo; Stanley and de Brazza; Stanley’s move up the Congo; Andrew Bennie; Tippo-Tib’s return; The situation at Falls; The emergence of an Arab policy; The eviction of the EIC from Falls; Tippo-Tib’s Position; The EIC’s desertion of Falls; Effects; The Arab Zone