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French Sudan ( French: Soudan français; Arabic: السودان الفرنسي as-Sūdān al-Faransī) was a French colonial territory in the Federation of French West Africa from around 1880 until 1959, when it joined the Mali Federation, and then in 1960, when it became the independent state of Mali.
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The history of Sudan refers to the territory that today...
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Several lingua francas have emerged, and many peoples have...
- Sudan
French Sudan ( Fr.: Soudan) was a colony in French West Africa in actual Mali . Existence. It existed at two separate times. The first time was from 1890 to 1899, and the second was from 1920 to 1960. In 1960 it became the independent nation of Mali . Beginning.
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Le Soudan (prononcé en français : /sudɑ̃/ 5 ; en arabe : السودان as-Sūdān ), en forme longue la république du Soudan ( جمهورية السودان Jumhūrīyat as-Sūdān ), est un pays d' Afrique du Nord - Est . Le Soudan est bordé par la Libye au nord-ouest, l’ Égypte au nord, la mer Rouge à l'est-nord-est, l' Érythrée ...
A French expedition to Fashoda on the White Nile sought to gain control of the Upper Nile river basin and thereby exclude Britain from Sudan. The French party and a British-Egyptian force (outnumbering the French by 10 to 1) met on friendly terms, however in Europe it became a war scare.
