| State |
Entry |
Exit |
Combat Forces |
Population |
Losses |
| France |
1909 |
1911 |
50000 |
41000000 |
4000 |
| Tribes |
1909 |
1911 |
50000 |
500000 |
8000 |
During the French colonial wars in Africa, French forces, between 1909 and
1911, conquered the Wadai, a mountainous, arid region in eastern Chad and
central Sudan.
Wadai... In the 19th century, caravans abandoned other trails across the desert in favour of the Abéché-Banghazi route because it was safer, thanks to the regional stability achieved by a series of strong Wadai kings, or kolaks
(al-Sharif, 1835-58; Ali, 1858-74; and Yusuf, 1874-98). French occupation between 1906 and 1914 put an end to the trans-Saharan trade.
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