1898 Anglo-French convention

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The 1898 Anglo-French convention was a colonial-era agreement between Britain and France that delimited parts of their West African territorial boundaries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boundary treaty
international agreement
appliesToTerritory British West African colonies
linked to: British West Africa

French West African colonies
linked to: French West Africa

West Africa
category Boundary treaties
Colonialism in Africa
Treaties involving France
Treaties involving the United Kingdom
colonialContext European partition of Africa
countryInvolved France
United Kingdom
diplomaticParticipants British diplomats
French diplomats
historicalPeriod age of New Imperialism
linked to: Age of Imperialism
influenced later international boundaries in West Africa
language English
French
legalEffect defined spheres of influence in parts of West Africa
partOf series of Anglo-French boundary agreements in Africa
purpose delimitation of colonial boundaries in West Africa
relatedTo Anglo-French colonial rivalry in Africa
scramble for Africa
linked to: Scramble for Africa
signatory British Empire
French Third Republic
typeOfBoundary colonial boundary

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Borgu region borderDefinedBy 1898 Anglo-French convention
United Kingdom–France border governingTreaty Anglo-French Convention of 1882
linked to: 1898 Anglo-French convention
Anglo-French partition of Borgu relatedTo Anglo-French Convention of 1898
linked to: 1898 Anglo-French convention