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    They were obtained by France after several expeditions along the Niger, by Hourst (1894), Granderye (1898–99), Toutée (1895 and 1899-1900), and Lenfant...
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    Henri Gouraud (category Colonial Governors of French Niger)
    fighting the French for more than a decade. Driven into the highlands south of Niger River valley by a series of previous defeats, Samori's forces were defeated...
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    appointed to the French Sudan, the newly acquired territories along the Niger River to the east of Senegal, where he established several mission stations...
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    Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its population lives on the southern...
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    publication of a series of works by Maurice Delafosse entitled Haut Sénégal-Niger, for which he wrote the preface. On 11 December 1915, he founded the Committee...
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    Eugène Bonnier (category 1894 deaths)
    Kabara, the port for Timbuktu. On 1 January 1894 Bonnier pushed on, struggling through the swampy Inner Niger Delta. Several boats sank, including the one...
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    Hassan I of Morocco (category 1894 deaths)
    born in 1836 in Fes and died on 9 June 1894 in Tadla, was a sultan of Morocco from 12 September 1873 to 7 June 1894, as a ruler of the 'Alawi dynasty. He...
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  • University Press. pp. 65–66. ISBN 978-0-19-975436-6. "1999: President of Niger 'killed in ambush'". BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2014. Kennedy, Niamh; Busari...
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    "Les rivalités franco-anglaise et franco-allemande de 1894-1898, dernière phase de la course au Niger : la mission Ganier dans le haut Dahomey, 1897-1898"...
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    Gbe languages (category Volta–Niger languages)
    traditionally placed in the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo languages, but more recently have been classified as Volta–Niger languages. They include five major dialect...
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