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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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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