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jun 16, 1895 - France establishes French West Africa

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French West Africa (French: Afrique occidentale française, AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and Niger. The capital of the federation was Dakar. The federation existed from 1895 until 1960.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_West_Africa

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jun 16, 1895
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~ 131 years ago

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