With the help of Egypt, British forces invaded Sudan in the 1890s, defeating the French. in 1899 the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium was established, a joint British-Egyptian government in which sovereignty was shared. Sudan was declared an independent republic on January 1, 1956.<ref>Britannica contributors, "The British Conquest," in ''Encyclopedia Britannica'', https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudan/The-British-conquest, accessed 13 Aug 2019.</ref> | With the help of Egypt, British forces invaded Sudan in the 1890s, defeating the French. in 1899 the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium was established, a joint British-Egyptian government in which sovereignty was shared. Sudan was declared an independent republic on January 1, 1956.<ref>Britannica contributors, "The British Conquest," in ''Encyclopedia Britannica'', https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudan/The-British-conquest, accessed 13 Aug 2019.</ref> |