French West Africa (French: Afrique-Occidentale française, AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and Niger.The federation existed from 1895 until 1958. Its capital was Saint-Louis, Senegal until 1902, and …

German South West Africa: 103 killed; 890 captured; 37 field guns lost; 22 machine-guns lost; South African Republic: 124 killed; 229 wounded The South West Africa campaign was the conquest and occupation of German South West Africa by forces from the Union of South Africa acting on behalf of the British imperial ...