French West Africa , French- Afrique Occidentale Française (AOF) , administrative grouping under French rule from 1895 to 1958 of the former French territories of West Africa: Senegal , French Guinea, Ivory Coast and French Sudan, to which Dahomey was added in 1899. Certain areas of Sudan were named Senegambia and Niger (Sénégambie-Niger; 1903) combined into Upper Senegal and Niger (Haut-Sénégal-Niger; 1904). became. At the same time, Mauritania (Maurétanie) to French West Africa Added . Established in 1909 and annexed to Ivory Coast in 1932, Upper Volta (Haute-Volta) colony was reestablished as a federation territory in 1947. Upper Senegal and Niger were renamed French Sudan in 1920. In 1960 the former colonial territories had become independent republics and French Sudan changed its name to Mali . Upper Volta became 1984 in Burkina Faso renamed .
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