The Anglo-French Convention of 1889 was a diplomatic agreement signed on August 10th, 1889 between
Great Britain and
France that delimited the border between the
Gambia Protectorate
The first written records of the region come from Arab traders in the 9th and 10th centuries. In medieval times, the region was dominated by the Trans-Saharan trade and was ruled by the Mali Empire. In the 16th century, the region came to be rul ...
and the colony of
Senegal, as well as between the
Lagos Colony and
Dahomey
The Kingdom of Dahomey () was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a region ...
. The Senegambian border was set at ten kilometers north and south of the river as far inland as Yarbutenda (near modern-day Koina,
The Gambia), with a 10km radius to mark the eastern border measured from the center of town. The British therefore controlled the river as far as it was navigable by sea-going vessels. Though widely seen as temporary at the time, this borders set in 1889 has remained unchanged ever since.
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See Also
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Anglo-French Convention of 1882
The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 was signed on 28 June 1882 between Great Britain and France. It confirmed the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone around Conakry and Freetown. However, it was never fully ratified by the Frenc ...
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Anglo-French Convention of 1898
The Anglo-French Convention of 1898, full name the ''Convention between Great Britain and France for the Delimitation of their respective Possessions to the West of the Niger, and of their respective Possessions and Spheres of Influence to the East ...
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Entente Cordiale
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1880s in international relations
Senegal
The Gambia