Sub-Saharan Africa, 01 Mar 1916: Senussi and Darfur Campaigns
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Political map of Sub-Saharan Africa on 01 Mar 1916 (World War I in Africa: Senussi and Darfur Campaigns), showing the following events: Volta-Bani War; Aulihan revolt; Senussi Campaign; Battle for Lake Tanganyika; Firhoun’s 1916 revolt; Darfur enters World War I.

Belgian

Congo(Bel.)

F r e n c h W e s t A f r i c a(Fr. col. fed.)

Anglo-

Egyptian

Sudan(Br. adm.)

Union of

South Africa(Br. dom.)

Egypt(Br. prot.)

Madagascar(Fr.)

Kamerun(Ger. prot.)

East Africa
Protectorate(Br. prot.)

Italian
Somalia(It. prot.)

Aden prot.(Br. Ind. prot.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. garr.)

Cape
Verde(Port.)

Portuguese
East
Africa(Port.)

German
East Africa(Ger.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

French

Equatorial

Africa(Fr. col. fed.)

German
South
West
Africa(SAfr. occ.)

Bechuana-
land(Br. HCT)

Uganda(Br. prot.)

Gold
Coast(Br.)

Liberia(int. sup.)

Sierra Leone(Br.)

Pt. Guinea(Port.)

Southern Zone(Sp. prot.)

Northern
Rhodesia(BSAC adm.)

Middle
Congo(FEA)

Niger
Military Territory(FWA terr.)

Upper Senegal
and Niger(FWA)

Mauritania(FWA terr.)

Fr. Guinea(FWA)

Ivory
Coast(FWA)

Hobyo(semi-indep)

Majerteenia(semi-indep)

Ubangi-Shari-
Chad(FEA)

Southern
Territories(Fr. terr.)

Southern
Rhodesia(BSAC adm.)

K.

Nyassa Co.(NC adm.)

Mozambique
Co.(MC adm.)

Zanzibar(Br. prot.)

S.T. & P.(Port.)

Seychelles(Br.)

St. Helena(Br.)

Tristan da Cunha(Br.)

Simon's Town(Br.)

Nov 1915–Sep 1916Tribal unrest in
upper Volta

Dec 1915–Mar 1918Somali tribal unrest
in Jubaland

Dec 1915–Apr 1917British defeat
Senussi in
Western Desert

26 Dec 1915–26 Jul 1916Germans defeated in
naval fight over
Lake Tanganyika

Feb–Jun 1916Firhoun’s Tuaregs
revolt against French

1 Mar 1916Hostilities break out
between Britain
and Darfur

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