*'''1864-1917''' [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=SOUDAN France National Overseas Archives, French Sudan] French Sudan was set up as a colony in 1892. It successively took the names of Territory of Upper Senegal and Middle Niger (1898-1902), Territory of Senegambia and Niger (1904) and French Sudan in 1920. It gained independence in 1960 and then took the name of Mali. | *'''1864-1917''' [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=SOUDAN France National Overseas Archives, French Sudan] French Sudan was set up as a colony in 1892. It successively took the names of Territory of Upper Senegal and Middle Niger (1898-1902), Territory of Senegambia and Niger (1904) and French Sudan in 1920. It gained independence in 1960 and then took the name of Mali. |