. . . . . . "Soudan Fran\u00E7ais" . . . "French Soudan" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "French Sudan" . . "Soudan" . . . "French Sudanese Campaign" . "Sudan" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "its former colony" . . "Upper Senegal and Middle Niger" . . . . "French took over in 1893" . . . "former colonial ruler" . . . . "Sudanese Republic" . . "Mali" . "French authorities" . . "French Sudan" . . . . . . . . . . .