Anglo-French convention on hinterland of Tripoli

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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Domains

  • Treaties and alliances

Dates

  • Date of occurrence 1899-03-21

Places

  • United Kingdom (Location; Involved)
  • Libya (Involved)
A crisis over the Sudanese town of Fashoda (now Kodok) developed the previous year after both Britain and France seek to secure their possession of the area. It is a point of strategic importance because it lies at the intersection of a north-south line between Capetown and Cairo and a west-east line between Dakar and Djibouti, thus representing both France and Britain's ambition for their colonial communications. Now the two powers sign a convention that ends the crisis by ceding the territory to Britain, but Italy protests at the large concessions made to France in the Sahara.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Anglo-French convention on hinterland of Tripoli". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19282, accessed 23 November 2024.]

19282 Anglo-French convention on hinterland of Tripoli 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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