A crisis over the Sudanese town of Fashoda (now Kodok) developed the previous year after both Britain and France seek to secure their possession of the area. It is a point of strategic importance because it lies at the intersection of a north-south line between Capetown and Cairo and a west-east line between Dakar and Djibouti, thus representing both France and Britain's ambition for their colonial communications. Now the two powers sign a convention that ends the crisis by ceding the territory to Britain, but Italy protests at the large concessions made to France in the Sahara.
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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Anglo-French convention on hinterland of Tripoli". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19282, accessed 26 April 2024.]