Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: N'agbata afọ 1880 na afọ 1880, mba ndị dị ike na Yurop nọ na-asọrịta mpi ka ha nweta ókèala n'Afrịka. Usoro ahụ ruru n'Ọgbakọ Berlin nke 1884, bụ́ ebe mba Europe ndị ahụ a na-ekwu okwu ha kwekọrịtara banyere ihe ndị ha na-azọrọ na ha bụ ókèala ha nakwa iwu ndị a ga-agbaso n'ọgụ ha ga-alụ n'ọdịnihu. N'ihi nke a, France nwetara ikike nke ndagwurugwu elu nke Osimiri Niger (ihe dịka mpaghara nke Mali na Niger nke oge a). France enweworị
meriri ihe ka ukwuu n'ebe ugwu Algeria n'oge 1830-47, na-etinye ya dị ka akụkụ dị mkpa nke France. France weghaara mpaghara Niger nke oge a na 1900, na-ekwupụta ya dị ka mpaghara ndị agha, nke a na-achị na mbụ site na Zinder. Niger so na mbụ, tinyere Mali na Burkina Faso nke oge a, n'ime Upper Senegal na Niger colony, agbanyeghị na e kewapụrụ ya na 1911 wee bụrụ akụkụ nke gọọmentị etiti nke French West Africa ("Afrique occidentale française", nke dị mkpụmkpụ AOF). Ka ọ dịgodị n'Algeria, France anọwo na-aga n'ebe ndịda site n'ógbè dị n'ụsọ oké osimiri, na-emeri akụkụ ka ukwuu nke Sahara nke Algeria na 1902. A kwadoro oke dị n'etiti French West Africa na French Algeria (ya bụ ihe bụ ugbu a Algeria's ókèala na Mauritania, Mali na Niger) na 7 June 1905 site na Commandant nke Upper Senegal na Niger na Military Commander nke Department de l'Oasis n'ime French Algeria. A kọwakwuru ókèala ahụ site na Nkwekọrịta Niamey nke June 1909.